Incident date: 2020-12-26
NAICS industry code: 562219

A garbage truck driver had noticed that the hydraulic oil level for the truck's packer blade was low. He was adding oil to the reservoir when the blade retracted and crushed his right hand against the truck body. He suffered two broken wrist bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate