Incident date: 2021-02-22
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was about to unload the garbage from a garbage compactor. When he released the lever on the door, it swung open and struck him in the face. He suffered a broken nose and a facial laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate