Incident date: 2019-09-17
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was attempting to lower a dock plate. He lifted the dock plate up, then placed his fingers between the dock plates in order to fold the plates out so he could lay them flat. In doing so, his right hand fingers were pinched between the dock plates. His fourth finger needed stitches and his third finger was cut to the bone. One of his fingers required partial surgical amputation.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high