Incident date: 2015-09-28
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was riding on the back of a trash truck vehicle when the truck struck a vehicle while reversing. The truck jerked as it shifted gears to move forward, causing the employee to fall from the back of the truck to the pavement. The employee sustained a broken shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate