Incident date: 2018-05-18
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was observing a driver trainee dumping a loaded trash compactor when he was struck by the compactor's metal container door, causing him to fall backwards and strike his head on the ground, suffering a laceration to the back of his head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate