Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131467.015 - Employee fractures leg when struck by container door

Accident Summary Nr: 131467.015 -- Report ID: 0253420 -- Event Date: 07/24/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1504911.015	09/24/2020		924110	Hudson County Improvement Authority

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on July 24, 2020, an employee was obtaining waste container information and photographing waste contents during a garbage dumping operation at a transfer facility. The employee was standing at the rear of a vehicle while the container door was open and the container in a raised position for dumping the waste onto the facility's floor. While in the raised position the container door became unsecured from the side of the container and began to swing closed, striking the employee and pinning him to the floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple fractures to his leg.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Containerized Cargo, Crushed, Door, Fracture, Leg, Pinned, Struck By, Unsecured, Waste Proc Fac

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1504911.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Waste/Debris Collector

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