Incident date: 2016-10-29
NAICS industry code: 312111

A hydraulic dock plate was not lowering to floor completely and an employee used his hands to push it down causing the dock plate to release and amputate the tip of his right hand ring finger.

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