Incident date: 2019-03-15
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was dumping a residential garbage container into the hopper of a refuse truck when the container handle broke, causing the employee to fall backward on the pavement. He fractured his left hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Street, road, driveway-paved
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate