Incident date: 2016-02-12
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was working at the loading dock, lowering an automatic dock leveler to unload a trailer. The lift gate on the trailer was raised 4 to 6 inches above floor level when the dock leveler caught against the lift gate. When the employee reached down at the floor level to operate the switch that controls the lift gate, the leveler struck the employee's left hand, breaking two fingers and causing severe lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate