Incident date: 2024-10-29
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was unloading a semi-truck trailer from the dock plate. The employee was removing webbing that was holding cardboard used to keep packages in place. The cardboard sheets fell forward onto her feet. She lost her balance and fell to the dock floor, resulting in hospitalization with a left femur fracture and an impact injury to her left hip/leg. The employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate