Incident date: 2025-04-03
NAICS industry code: 562219

An employee was cleaning a garbage truck after dropping off a load when his hand was lacerated on a piece of glass that was stuck behind the truck's blade. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to remove the glass.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Chips, shards, fibers  glass
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate