Incident date: 2015-09-04
NAICS industry code: 562111

On or about September 4, 2015, at 12:09 p.m., an employee was riding on the right rear step of a garbage truck during a right-hand turn. He was knocked off of the step when his shoulder contacted an illegally parked semi-tractor trailer, and he fell onto the street, hitting his head and knocking him unconscious.  He was hospitalized for a concussion and subdural hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate