Incident date: 2018-12-26
NAICS industry code: 562211

An employee was loading recyclables into a hopper at curbside. A cardboard box began to fall out of the hopper; as he pushed it back in, the tote lifted toward the hopper and trapped the left side of his torso against the truck body. He suffered chest injury, including a punctured lung, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate