Incident date: 2019-07-26
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was standing on the step on the back of a stopped trash truck. The police were pursuing a vehicle at a high rate of speed when the vehicle hit the back of the trash truck. The employee was thrown from the truck. He stood up and walked for a moment before falling down. He suffered a concussion and neck/upper back strains.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle in roadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate