# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Coca Cola
> OSHA SIR `2016021324` · 2/12/2016 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Coca Cola
- **Location:** 8161 Moberly Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75227
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at the loading dock, lowering an automatic dock leveler to unload a trailer. The lift gate on the trailer was raised 4 to 6 inches above floor level when the dock leveler caught against the lift gate. When the employee reached down at the floor level to operate the switch that controls the lift gate, the leveler struck the employee's left hand, breaking two fingers and causing severe lacerations.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*