Incident date: 2024-08-09
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was on a residential front-load refuse truck in the stand-up position on the passenger side. The top of the truck struck a tree that was hanging over the road and the employee was ejected. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to his lower right ankle and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Garbage trucks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate