Incident date: 2017-08-07
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was standing on a dock plate that was 41 inches off the ground, preparing to load a truck trailer. As he was raising the trailer door, the truck pulled away, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the dock plate. He fractured his tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate