Incident date: 2024-10-16
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was getting onto the rear of a garbage truck. The employee's right leg was caught between the truck's rear riding step and a bollard as it started moving. The employee was hospitalized and their leg was amputated at the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object in roadway
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: high