Incident date: 2025-08-29
NAICS industry code: 333921

An employee was dumping trash into a compactor when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet into the trash compactor. The compactor was not in use at the time. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Source, secondary source  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate