Incident date: 2021-04-08
NAICS industry code: 562112

An employee was riding on the back of a trash truck when the truck hit a bump in the road, causing the employee to fall from the truck and hit his head on the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury/concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate