Incident date: 2018-09-25
NAICS industry code: 562111

A garbage truck driver was servicing a recycling bin as part of his training. He was getting back on the truck, on the passenger side, when it began to move; he lost his footing and fell onto the road. The truck ran over his left leg, breaking it in several places. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate