Incident date: 2021-02-05
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was working from the back of a garbage truck when his hand slipped, becoming pinned by the handle of the hopper. The employee sustained a fracture to the left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate