Incident date: 2024-05-07
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was unlatching the door on a 35-yard compactor receiver box when the handle of the receiver box struck them in the face, causing facial fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Trash compactors, shredders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate