Incident date: 2025-03-21
NAICS industry code: 331523

An employee was preparing to load a truck. They opened the dock door and were putting the dock plate in place, using their foot to push the plate down. The employee tripped and their right hand became caught in the hinge of the dock plate. Their middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high