Incident date: 2018-10-25
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was riding on the back of a garbage truck, standing on a foot platform and holding onto handholds. The truck hit some bumps on the road and the employee fell off, suffering a head injury and skin abrasion on the back.

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