Incident date: 2022-05-03
NAICS industry code: 311920

A manual, chain-operated dock leveler was pinched between a trailer and a dock, partially raised. Two employees were trying to lift it. When the leveler cleared the trailer, its pivoting, hinged lip sprung open and pinched one employee's right thumb against the fixed edge of the leveler. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high