Incident date: 2022-10-14
NAICS industry code: 423830

On October 14, 2022, an employee was working to unstick the leveler of a dock lift using his hands and a crowbar when the dock lift slammed downward and contacted the employee's thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high