Incident date: 2015-09-16
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee's right foot received a compound fracture after it was squeezed by the tire of a garbage collection truck while he was collecting trash.  The employee underwent surgery and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
code_source: title: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate