Incident date: 2022-06-02
NAICS industry code: 562219

An employee was attempting to free a bin that was stuck in the hopper of a paper shredding truck. The employee fell approximately 6 to 8 feet off the side of the truck and landed on the ground sustaining a concussion and a fractured L2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate