Incident date: 2025-07-24
NAICS industry code: 562112

On July 24, 2025, an employee was unloading stacks of empty, 96-gallon medical waste containers. A stack of 10 containers, which weighed approximately 460 pounds, fell on him. The employee was hospitalized with multiple head, face, and neck injuries and a back injury requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Variable restraint containers  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Head, neck, trunk
severity: moderate