Incident date: 2024-07-16
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was loading bags into the dumpster and used the controls to begin crushing the bags. He threw an additional bag up into the dumpster and walked around the front side of the trash compactor. He slipped on a bag and fell forward, striking the granite curbing on the front side of the dumpster as he fell. The employee sustained fractures to his left tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate