Incident date: 2024-09-26
NAICS industry code: 491110

A maintenance employee climbed into a dumpster to realign scrap piping so it would not protrude from the dumpster. While in the dumpster he backed up, lost his footing, and fell on sharp scrap metal. The employee sustained a severe laceration to his arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trash bin or dumpster interiors
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate