Incident date: 2017-09-15
NAICS industry code: 326199

On September 15, 2017, an employee climbed onto a trash compactor to clear a jam and fell approximately five feet to the concrete surface below the compactor. The employee lost consciousness, suffered a seizure, fractured ribs and a wrist, and lacerated the spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate