Incident date: 2016-06-13
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was helping a driver deliver produce. As he placed the dock leveler while standing on the back of the door, he injured his left foot with the leveler.  The employee then attempted to remove the dock leveler with his right hand when it fell on his right index finger and amputated the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high