Incident date: 2024-04-11
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was hooking a roll-off container truck tow cable to a roll-off storage tank from between the truck's elevated guide rails and the metal tank. Their right leg became pinched between the guide rails and the metal tank when the truck backed up to get closer to the tank. This resulted in a fractured tibia and a laceration to the calf.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate