Incident date: 2016-04-21
NAICS industry code: 562111

As an employee was collecting garbage and throwing two bags in the back of the garbage truck, the driver pulled forward and then backed up and hit the employee. He was hospitalized with two fractured legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate