Incident date: 2021-03-08
NAICS industry code: 562111

On March 8, 2021, an employee was standing on the right rear step of a waste disposal truck when the truck's sweeping blade activated and hit his left leg, breaking it. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate