Incident date: 2018-09-19
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a compactor truck in a parking lot. The compactor tipped over; the employee was thrown out, then its rollover protection system struck his right leg, causing an amputation injury. A seat belt was not being worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Rollers, compactors-construction
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: high