Incident date: 2023-08-23
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was sweeping loose materials from a dock leveler when a truck pulled away from the loading dock. This caused the dock leveler to drop and the employee to fall to the ground, resulting in left tibia and fibula fractures that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate