Incident date: 2024-01-17
NAICS industry code: 237110

On January 17, 2024, an employee was dumping the debris tank of a hydrovac truck at a landfill. As the employee was removing ice that was stuck to the inside of the debris tank door, a frozen block of mud/water slid out of the tank and struck the employee's right leg, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ice blocks, cubes, crushed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate