Incident date: 2016-03-07
NAICS industry code: 333991

The injured employee and a coworker were picking up supplies from a local supplier in a truck. The dock plate at the local supplier did not engage properly. Both workers got out and were trying to fix the dock plate when it came down on and amputated the injured employee's right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high