Incident date: 2022-11-16
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee was standing behind a trash truck after bending over to pick up a piece of debris. City employees were emptying a roll-cart into the back of the trash truck. When the empty roll-cart was lowered back to the ground, it struck the ground with enough force to dislodge from the mount on the back of the trash truck and bounce away from the truck, striking the employee. The employee was knocked to the ground, resulting in a concussion and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate