Incident date: 2022-01-13
NAICS industry code: 562111

While on a residential garbage collection route, an employee fell from the driver's side rear riding step of a rear load garbage truck. His lower left leg was struck by the driver's side rear tire, resulting in fractures of the tibia and fibula, along with lacerations to the top of the left foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate