Incident date: 2020-09-17
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was loading packages into the right side of a mail truck when a garbage truck struck the left rear-end of the mail truck. The impact pushed the mail truck onto the sidewalk and into a building, and the employee was thrown from the truck to the ground. The employee suffered collarbone and head fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road, unspecified
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate