Incident date: 2019-04-25
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was attaching the dock plate to a truck in the loading area when the truck drove forward and the employee fell approximately 4 feet to the ground between the dock and the truck. The employee sustained a knee injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate