DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2019-09-17La VistaNebraskaCrossCountry Courier IncFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to lower a dock plate. He lifted the dock plate up, then placed his fingers between the dock plates in order to fold the plates out so he could lay them flat. In doing so, his right hand fingers were pinched between the dock plates. His fourth finger needed stitches and his third finger was cut to the bone. One of his fingers required partial surgical amputation.
2017-08-08MonroevillePennsylvaniaStericycleHand(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was pushing a four-wheeled container in the rear cargo compartment of a truck toward a loading dock and over metal dock plates when he slipped and fell off the dock plate, injuring his right hand.