Incident date: 2024-08-13
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was collecting waste in a residential area on his route and was struck by a motor vehicle while walking toward the driver's side door from the rear of the truck. The employee was hospitalized for a left fibula fracture, a left lateral malleolus fracture, and a hematoma above his right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
code_source: title: Roadway vehicle  motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate