Incident date: 2017-07-13
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee suffered heat stress while dumping trash cans on a garbage truck, becoming lightheaded and losing consciousness. The employee then fell and struck their head on the truck frame, suffering a head laceration that required stitches. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate