Incident date: 2016-11-06
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was picking up trash and putting it on the back of a truck. The employee rode on the back of the truck holding the trash while a coworker drove the truck to a dumpster a block away. The employee fell from the back of the truck to the road, suffering a head laceration and four broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate