Incident date: 2025-07-16
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was working to extend a dock plate from inside a semi-trailer. The dock plate was stuck. The employee's right hand was underneath the dock plate when the plate suddenly released and fell onto their hand. The employee sustained partial amputations to the index and middle fingers. They also sustained lacerations to the index and little fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high