Incident date: 2024-08-21
NAICS industry code: 561320

A temporary employee was picking up residential trash. The employee walked to the side of the truck near the curb to retrieve trash and was struck by the garbage truck. The employee suffered fractures to the left foot/ankle and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway  unspecified
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate