Incident date: 2016-09-21
NAICS industry code: 221113

While walking to the trash hopper, an employee stepped over a permanent pipe running along the ground. The employee's foot became caught on the pipe, and the employee stumbled and contacted the trash hopper support frame, breaking the left arm and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Ground, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate