Incident date: 2020-08-16
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was attempting to close the extended lip of a malfunctioning dock plate. He used a T-bar to prop the dock plate up while trying to disengage the dock lock with another T-bar. The T-bar propping up the dock plate fell, causing the dock plate to fall down on his left arm and break it.

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: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate