Incident date: 2022-12-30
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was putting trash into a makeshift wooden trash box that was suspended by chains approximately 12-15 feet above the ground. The employee stepped into the trash box when the box and chains gave way and the employee fell onto the concrete below, resulting in a laceration to their head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate