Incident date: 2025-05-09
NAICS industry code: 444190

A vertical dock leveler came down unexpectedly. An employee was stopping it from crashing down when it broke both of his lower legs. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate