Incident date: 2015-01-17
NAICS industry code: 562219

The employee had finished making a drop off at the Waste Management Landfill, when he observed his back gate was open. He got out of the truck, and went to the back of the vehicle to close the gate mechanism. The truck began to roll backwards, and the employee ran to get back into the vehicle. The employee fell, landing in the path of the vehicle. The vehicle ran over the employee, causing multiple fractures on his right side and a cut to his calf.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate