Incident date: 2023-07-10
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cleaning out a 20-yard dumpster hopper on the back of a truck. The hopper was at an angle; the employee slipped, slid out the back of the dumpster, and landed on construction debris about 4 feet below. He sustained an L2 vertebra fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate