Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 562119

An employee was operating a trash bucket and had raised the bucket to open the side trap doors in order to scrape out debris when the handle that raises/lowers the bucket was struck. The bucket then came down and struck the employee in the face. The employee sustained eye socket damage to the right side and a broken jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate