Incident date: 2016-01-16
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was using a broom to push cardboard down the trash chute. He tripped and fell into the compactor injuring his knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate