Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on April 17, 2003, Employee #1, a dock worker, was unloading merchandise from a truck trailer at the east dock of the Cal State Xpress's terminal. The employee was employed by Three G's, Inc., (primary employer), and was working on site for Cal State Xpress's (secondary employer), at 4909 Tidewater Avenue in Oakland, California. The employee tried to move an 8-in. by 8-in. by 10-ft box of picture frame parts from the truck onto a cart. In an attempt to do so, he grabbed one of the straps on the box with his left hand and his little finger was cut under the nail and scraped on its top. The employee continued to work and did not ask that the accident be documented. However, on April 25, 2003, the employee discovered that the injured finger was infected and went to the Alameda County Medical Center's Highland Campus for medical attention. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.