Incident date: 2021-09-07
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was troubleshooting a dock plate on the loading dock with other maintenance workers. When the lockout pin on the dock plate was removed, the plate fell down and caught the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the left femur and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate