Incident date: 2017-01-24
NAICS industry code: 562111

The employee was driving a loaded garbage truck to the landfill for dumping. As the employee entered the landfill, he rounded a corner and the garbage truck rolled onto its side. The employee fell from the truck and fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate