Incident date: 2024-07-23
NAICS industry code: 322219

An employee was throwing trash into a compactor when he slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, landing on his back. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trash compactors, shredders
code_nature: title: Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate