Incident date: 2016-02-10
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was performing repair activities on a dock leveler when support blocks failed, allowing the dock plate to come down on top of the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebrae and ruptured discs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate