Incident date: 2022-05-05
NAICS industry code: 493110

Two employees were loading the trash compactor when it jammed. While trying to unjam it, an employee climbed the side wall of the compactor and fell to the warehouse floor resulting in a broken wrist, bruising, and loss of blood.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate