Incident date: 2022-06-16
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was riding on a truck's tailgate to go pick up trash on a job site. While the vehicle was moving, a tire ring came from behind the cab of the truck and hit the back of her head, knocking her to the concrete ground. She was hospitalized with a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate