Incident date: 2024-05-06
NAICS industry code: 332111

On May 6, 2024, an employee was checking to see if a trailer door was going to collide with a dock that was 4 feet high. The employee climbed down the dock using the trailer bumpers on the dock wall when they fell to the concrete below, resulting in a lower left leg and hip injury that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate