Incident date: 2023-07-01
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was outside of a metal recycling bin to dispose of scrap recycle materials. The employee climbed the side of the bin to determine how full the container was when they fell to the concrete pavement below. The employee sustained a head laceration that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate