Incident date: 2017-08-10
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was helping coworkers remove a dumpster to the trash compactor room when the employee was pinned between the dumpster bar latch and a wall in the trash compactor room, suffering a chest injury that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate