Incident date: 2022-07-25
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was using a rear load trash truck to empty an 800-pound cardboard collection dumpster. The dumpster over tilted and then rested against the truck. The employee pulled the dumpster back creating a free fall until the dumpster was caught by the lifting cable. The dumpster struck the employee on the left shoulder before coming to rest on the cable, resulting in a shoulder fracture and dislocation. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate