Incident date: 2016-04-22
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee laid the dock plate down on a trailer bed to unload a trailer. A piece of wood was sticking out from the trailer wall, preventing the dock plate from laying all the way down.  The employee used his foot to kick the wood out of the way, which caused his foot to become stuck under the dock plate. His ankle broke and started bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate