Incident date: 2021-10-27
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was dropping a docking plate onto a trailer and it did not drop properly. While raising the dock plate to drop it a second time, the plate fell backward and pinched the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high