Incident date: 2024-11-26
NAICS industry code: 562212

An employee was riding on the back of a truck (passenger side rear step), loading trash into the vehicle. When the truck backed up, their leg was crushed and pinned between the truck and a parked paving machine. He sustained an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: high