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No creep-per-trip rate or operating threshold is derived.", "verification_status": "publisher_account_verified_measurement_not_adopted", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "movement-02", "movement_description": "Rear-sill deck-height change during air release", "reported_value": "2.5–3.5 inches", "direction": "vertical, downward", "reference_point": "rear sill", "conditions": "Air-suspension trailer equipped with a dump valve settling onto internal air-spring bumpers; L816 Rev E, November 2024", "evidence_type": "manufacturer_technical_description", "source_id": "2", "source_date": "2024-11", "source_url": "https://www.hendrickson-intl.com/getattachment/f6ceafaa-3d63-42fc-ae8d-440c07c6b120/L816.pdf", "interpretation_limit": "Page 1 rear-sill figure. Page 3 separately gives 2.5–3.2 inches for deck lowering during air dump without reconciling the upper bounds. Both are preserved; neither is horizontal creep.", "verification_status": "primary_text_and_page_images_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "movement-03", "movement_description": "Typical tire deflection", "reported_value": "1–1.5 inches", "direction": "vertical", "reference_point": "tires", "conditions": "Varies with tire type as load increases", "evidence_type": "manufacturer_technical_description", "source_id": "2", "source_date": "2024-11", "source_url": "https://www.hendrickson-intl.com/getattachment/f6ceafaa-3d63-42fc-ae8d-440c07c6b120/L816.pdf", "interpretation_limit": "Contribution to vertical floor-height change, not trailer travel away from a dock.", "verification_status": "primary_text_and_page_images_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "movement-04", "movement_description": "Mechanical-spring-suspension trailer drop", "reported_value": "Up to 1.75 inches", "direction": "vertical, downward", "reference_point": "axle", "conditions": "Forklift entering a mechanical-spring-suspension trailer during loading/unloading", "evidence_type": "manufacturer_technical_description", "source_id": "2", "source_date": "2024-11", "source_url": "https://www.hendrickson-intl.com/getattachment/f6ceafaa-3d63-42fc-ae8d-440c07c6b120/L816.pdf", "interpretation_limit": "Axle measurement, not a horizontal gap measurement or a universal rear-sill figure.", "verification_status": "primary_text_and_page_images_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "movement-05", "movement_description": "Air-suspension trailer drop in some configurations", "reported_value": "More than 3.5 inches", "direction": "vertical, downward", "reference_point": "axle", "conditions": "Some air-suspension configurations without dump valves or deck-height locking devices", "evidence_type": "manufacturer_technical_description", "source_id": "2", "source_date": "2024-11", "source_url": "https://www.hendrickson-intl.com/getattachment/f6ceafaa-3d63-42fc-ae8d-440c07c6b120/L816.pdf", "interpretation_limit": "Configuration-specific manufacturer description, not a threshold or typical horizontal creep distance.", "verification_status": "primary_text_and_page_images_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "movement-06", "movement_description": "Trailer separation described in investigation 141677.015", "reported_value": "Approximately 6 feet", "direction": "away from dock", "reference_point": "trailer relative to dock", "conditions": "December 7, 2021 OSHA event", "evidence_type": "agency_narrative", "source_id": "5", "source_date": "2021-12-07", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1567163.015", "interpretation_limit": "Narrative does not establish creep or driver departure as the mechanism.", "verification_status": "indexed_primary_narrative_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "movement-07", "movement_description": "Forklift fall described in investigation 107330.015", "reported_value": "Approximately 1.2 metres, or 4 feet", "direction": "vertical, downward", "reference_point": "forklift to asphalt", "conditions": "June 4, 2018 event following driver departure", "evidence_type": "agency_narrative", "source_id": "6", "source_date": "2018-06-04", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1320248.015", "interpretation_limit": "Fall height, not trailer travel. Metric and imperial values are the narrative's paired approximate quantities, not a new conversion.", "verification_status": "indexed_primary_narrative_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" } ], "incidents": [ { "record_id": "201311214", "inspection_id": "306741307", "event_date": "2004-05-17", "inspection_site_city": "", "inspection_site_state": "", "geography_basis": "Location not stated in cited abstract", "editorial_classification": "explicit_creep_description", "source_described_movement": "Trailer began creeping away while forklift was inside; forklift fell", "reported_outcome": "Operator hospitalized with lacerations", "reported_distance": "", "hospitalization_narrative": "Hospitalized", "hospitalization_structured": "Hospitalized injury", "caveat": "Detailed engineering cause and event geography not established from this abstract.", "source_id": "4", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=201311214", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "verification_status": "published_narrative_and_relevant_fields_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "141677.015", "inspection_id": "1567163.015", "event_date": "2021-12-07", "inspection_site_city": "Kaukauna", "inspection_site_state": "Wisconsin", "geography_basis": "Inspection-site address, not independently geocoded event location", "editorial_classification": "separation_mechanism_unspecified", "source_described_movement": "Trailer shifted away; forklift wedged between trailer and dock", "reported_outcome": "Injuries resulted in paralysis; narrative reports hospitalization", "reported_distance": "Approximately 6 feet of trailer movement away from dock", "hospitalization_narrative": "Hospitalized", "hospitalization_structured": "Hospitalized injury", "caveat": "Movement away alone does not establish gradual creep or driver departure.", "source_id": "5", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1567163.015", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "verification_status": "published_narrative_and_relevant_fields_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "107330.015", "inspection_id": "1320248.015", "event_date": "2018-06-04", "inspection_site_city": "Belcamp", "inspection_site_state": "Maryland", "geography_basis": "Inspection-site address, not independently geocoded event location", "editorial_classification": "driver_departure", "source_described_movement": "Driver departed with forklift partly inside; forklift fell backward to asphalt", "reported_outcome": "Foot fractures", "reported_distance": "Approximately 1.2 metres, or 4 feet of vertical forklift fall", "hospitalization_narrative": "Hospitalized", "hospitalization_structured": "Non Hospitalized injury", "caveat": "Hospitalization fields conflict; both preserved. Fall height is not trailer travel.", "source_id": "6", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1320248.015", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "verification_status": "published_narrative_and_relevant_fields_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "200461168", "inspection_id": "302925896", "event_date": "2001-01-02", "inspection_site_city": "", "inspection_site_state": "", "geography_basis": "Location not established from cited abstract", "editorial_classification": "rollback_toward_dock", "source_described_movement": "Tractor-trailer rolled toward dock while driver was behind it", "reported_outcome": "Driver fatally crushed", "reported_distance": "", "hospitalization_narrative": "", "hospitalization_structured": "Fatality", "caveat": "Rollback comparator, not creep; no injury or movement frequency inferred.", "source_id": "7", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=200461168", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "verification_status": "published_narrative_and_relevant_fields_verified", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" } ], "wording": [ { "record_id": "wording-01", "publisher": "Ronald L. Allen / Material Handling & Logistics", "publication_date": "2012-02-23", "historical_period": "FY 2002–2009", "reported_numerator": "11", "reported_denominator": "96", "mechanism_label": "trailer/dock separation", "population_limit": "Author's historical FCIS query; source first calls 96 incidents and then 96 fatalities", "editorial_decision": "Attributed historical account only. Underlying extract not reproduced; incident/fatality wording retained as a source limitation. Not a national creep-specific rate.", "source_id": "8", "source_url": "https://www.mhlnews.com/archive/article/22042523/prevent-trailer-dock-separation-incidents", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "wording-02", "publisher": "SafeRack", "publication_date": "2026-04-24", "historical_period": "2002–2009", "reported_numerator": "11", "reported_denominator": "96", "mechanism_label": "trailer creep", "population_limit": "Article repeats 96 fatal truck loading incidents and then makes an all-fatal-loading-dock percentage claim", "editorial_decision": "Wording verified, causal/population statistic not adopted. Narrower mechanism and broader population are not established by the earlier account.", "source_id": "9", "source_url": "https://saferack.com/glossary/trailer-creep/", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" } ], "regulatory": [ { "record_id": "reg-01", "source_id": "10", "provision_or_document": "29 CFR 1910.178(k)(1)", "issuing_body": "OSHA", "document_or_edition_date": "", "document_status": "federal_regulatory_text", "source_supported_summary": "Brakes and rear-wheel chocks for highway trucks boarded by powered industrial trucks", "applicability_limit": "Read with CMV and employer-scope interpretations; not a universal enforcement conclusion.", "source_url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-N/section-1910.178", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-02", "source_id": "10", "provision_or_document": "29 CFR 1910.178(m)(7)", "issuing_body": "OSHA", "document_or_edition_date": "", "document_status": "federal_regulatory_text", "source_supported_summary": "Brakes, wheel blocks, possible support of uncoupled semitrailers and floor checks", "applicability_limit": "Not a mandate for a particular proprietary dock-lock product; CMV interpretation scope matters.", "source_url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-N/section-1910.178", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-03", "source_id": "11", "provision_or_document": "29 CFR 1910.26(c)", "issuing_body": "OSHA", "document_or_edition_date": "", "document_status": "federal_regulatory_text", "source_supported_summary": "Portable dockboard securement, with a stated sufficient-contact provision when securement is demonstrated infeasible", "applicability_limit": "Separate from transport-vehicle movement control.", "source_url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-D/section-1910.26", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-04", "source_id": "11", "provision_or_document": "29 CFR 1910.26(d)", "issuing_body": "OSHA", "document_or_edition_date": "", "document_status": "federal_regulatory_text", "source_supported_summary": "Measures preventing transport-vehicle movement while employees are on the dockboard", "applicability_limit": "Addresses vehicle movement, not merely movement of the board; not a facility-specific jurisdiction determination.", "source_url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-D/section-1910.26", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-05", "source_id": "12", "provision_or_document": "49 CFR 393.41", "issuing_body": "FMCSA", "document_or_edition_date": "", "document_status": "federal_regulatory_text", "source_supported_summary": "Vehicle-category-specific parking-brake provisions", "applicability_limit": "Not a stand-alone exemption for every loading-dock employer.", "source_url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-393/subpart-C/section-393.41", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-06", "source_id": "16", "provision_or_document": "March 4, 1998 Blumenthal interpretation", "issuing_body": "OSHA", "document_or_edition_date": "1998-03-04", "document_status": "withdrawn_historical_interpretation", "source_supported_summary": "Older loading-dock chocking interpretation explicitly withdrawn in March 7, 2011 letter", "applicability_limit": "Historical identification only; status verified in later primary letter, not adopted as current guidance.", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/1998-03-04", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-07", "source_id": "17", "provision_or_document": "September 14, 2005 USPS interpretation", "issuing_body": "OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs", "document_or_edition_date": "2005-09-14", "document_status": "published_fact_specific_interpretation", "source_supported_summary": "Discusses chocking and qualifying alternative movement-prevention methods for assumed USPS-owned vehicles", "applicability_limit": "USPS-owned-vehicle assumption is essential; not a universal equipment exemption.", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2005-09-14", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-08", "source_id": "13", "provision_or_document": "November 8, 2005 CMV interpretation", "issuing_body": "OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs", "document_or_edition_date": "2005-11-08", "document_status": "published_interpretation", "source_supported_summary": "Explains FMCSA braking regulation's displacement of specified OSHA chocking enforcement for CMV operators", "applicability_limit": "Federal jurisdiction statement with non-CMV distinction; not automatically State Plan policy.", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2005-11-08", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-09", "source_id": "14", "provision_or_document": "March 7, 2011 loading-facility interpretation", "issuing_body": "OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs", "document_or_edition_date": "2011-03-07", "document_status": "published_interpretation", "source_supported_summary": "Preserves distinction for companies that do not own, operate or lease CMVs and withdraws older guidance", "applicability_limit": "Employer relationship, vehicle category and jurisdiction require separate consideration.", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2011-03-07", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-10", "source_id": "15", "provision_or_document": "June 14, 2011 State Plan interpretation", "issuing_body": "OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs", "document_or_edition_date": "2011-06-14", "document_status": "published_interpretation", "source_supported_summary": "Federal jurisdiction limitations are not directly applicable to State Plans", "applicability_limit": "Does not independently establish a Kentucky-specific CMV enforcement outcome.", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2011-06-14", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-11", "source_id": "18", "provision_or_document": "803 KAR 2:313, Section 2", "issuing_body": "Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board", "document_or_edition_date": "July 1, 2016 edition plus November 18, 2016 revisions", "document_status": "state_regulatory_text", "source_supported_summary": "Incorporates specified Subpart N materials with state definitions", "applicability_limit": "Not automatic adoption of all subsequent federal interpretations.", "source_url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/803/002/313/", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-12", "source_id": "19", "provision_or_document": "803 KAR 2:303, Section 2", "issuing_body": "Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board", "document_or_edition_date": "July 1, 2015 edition plus November 18, 2016 revisions", "document_status": "state_regulatory_text", "source_supported_summary": "Incorporates specified Subpart D materials with state definitions", "applicability_limit": "Not an undated assertion that Kentucky text always equals current federal text.", "source_url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/803/002/303/", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "record_id": "reg-13", "source_id": "20", "provision_or_document": "Kentucky OSH Compliance", "issuing_body": "Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet", "document_or_edition_date": "", "document_status": "agency_records_and_policy_route", "source_supported_summary": "Identifies state enforcement office, records searches and notice that federal policies may or may not be adopted", "applicability_limit": "Not a verified local creep count or a Kentucky-specific interpretation of every carrier/dock-employer relationship.", "source_url": "https://elc.ky.gov/workplace-standards/Pages/OSH-Compliance.aspx", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" } ], "occupations": [ { "occupation_code": "", "occupation_title": "Transportation and material moving occupations", "employment_estimate": 90400, "metro_employment_share_percent": "13.2", "us_employment_share_percent": "8.8", "reference_period": "May 2025", "publication_date": "2026-07-10", "geography": "Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area", "interpretation_limit": "Broad occupation group, not loading-dock employment; denominator is total employment in the respective geography.", "source_id": "21", "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/regions/southeast/news-release/occupationalemploymentandwages_louisville.htm", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "occupation_code": "", "occupation_title": "Industrial truck and tractor operators", "employment_estimate": 4230, "metro_employment_share_percent": "", "us_employment_share_percent": "", "reference_period": "May 2025", "publication_date": "2026-07-10", "geography": "Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area", "interpretation_limit": "Detailed occupation within broad group; not limited precisely to forklift operators.", "source_id": "21", "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/regions/southeast/news-release/occupationalemploymentandwages_louisville.htm", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "occupation_code": "", "occupation_title": "Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers", "employment_estimate": 10820, "metro_employment_share_percent": "", "us_employment_share_percent": "", "reference_period": "May 2025", "publication_date": "2026-07-10", "geography": "Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area", "interpretation_limit": "Detailed occupation within broad group; jobs are not loading-dock visits.", "source_id": "21", "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/regions/southeast/news-release/occupationalemploymentandwages_louisville.htm", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" } ] }, "source_register": [ { "source_id": "1", "publisher": "Rite-Hite", "title": "Loading Dock Accidents", "source_date": "", "source_url": "https://www.ritehite.com/en/am/solutions/solutions-by-need/loading-dock-safety-and-security/loading-dock-accidents", "scope_note": "Manufacturer terminology for creep, early departure, trailer upending and landing-gear collapse; unrelated promotional statistics excluded.", "access_mode": "direct_html", "access_note": "", "verification_support_urls": "", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "source_id": "2", "publisher": "Hendrickson", "title": "Trailer Loading Dock Terms and Solutions; L816, Revision E", "source_date": "2024-11", "source_url": "https://www.hendrickson-intl.com/getattachment/f6ceafaa-3d63-42fc-ae8d-440c07c6b120/L816.pdf", "scope_note": "Manufacturer descriptions, not independent measurements. Page 1 rear-sill range and page 3 deck-lowering range are retained separately.", "access_mode": "direct_pdf_text_and_page_images", "access_note": "", "verification_support_urls": "", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "source_id": "3", "publisher": "Tom Berg / Heavy Duty Trucking", "title": "Preventing Dock Walk", "source_date": "2012-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.truckinginfo.com/articles/preventing-dock-walk", "scope_note": "Primary evidence of the journalist's published account, not primary test documentation. The reported demonstration and its measurement were not independently verified.", "access_mode": "direct_html", "access_note": "", "verification_support_urls": "", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "source_id": "4", "publisher": "OSHA", "title": "Accident Summary 201311214; inspection 306741307", "source_date": "2004-05-17", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=201311214", "scope_note": "Date is the event date. Published abstract explicitly describes creep; no detailed engineering cause or location supplied in that abstract.", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "access_note": "Direct agency-page request returned an access error; complete indexed abstract and injury fields read.", "verification_support_urls": "", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "source_id": "5", "publisher": "OSHA / Appleton Area Office", "title": "Inspection 1567163.015; investigation 141677.015", "source_date": "2021-12-07", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1567163.015", "scope_note": "Date is the event date. Inspection-site address is not independently geocoded event location. The narrative does not establish the movement mechanism.", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "access_note": "Direct agency-page request returned an access error; complete indexed narrative and relevant structured fields read.", "verification_support_urls": "", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "source_id": "6", "publisher": "Maryland Occupational Safety and Health / OSHA", "title": "Inspection 1320248.015; investigation 107330.015", "source_date": "2018-06-04", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1320248.015", "scope_note": "Date is the event date. Hospitalization narrative and structured field conflict; neither is selected as the definitive outcome.", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "access_note": "Direct agency-page request returned an access error; complete indexed narrative and relevant structured fields read.", "verification_support_urls": "", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "source_id": "7", "publisher": "OSHA", "title": "Accident Summary 200461168; inspection 302925896", "source_date": "2001-01-02", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=200461168", "scope_note": "Date is the event date. Rollback toward the dock; not classified as creep. Location is not supplied in the cited abstract.", "access_mode": "indexed_primary_text", "access_note": "Direct agency-page request returned an access error; complete indexed abstract and relevant structured fields read.", "verification_support_urls": "", "checked_date": "2026-09-11" }, { "source_id": "8", "publisher": "Ronald L. 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