Incident date: 2017-12-28
NAICS industry code: 531110

On December 28, 2017, at approximately 1:00 p.m., an employee was standing on the top edge of an open top roll-off that was overfilled with solid waste for the purpose of transferring the excess waste to a second roll-off. The employee then fell approximately 6 feet to the pavement adjacent to the roll-off, sustaining a head injury and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate