Incident date: 2015-01-07
NAICS industry code: 484121

Employee sustained crushing foot and knee injuries when a 4' x 6' steel semi-truck loading dock plate fell on top of the employee. The event required hospitalization of employee who is currently undergoing knee surgery and estimates are he will be in the hospital for two to four days.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and knee(s)
severity: high