Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200802023 - Employee Is Crushed by Waste Truck Bin, Fractures Ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 200802023 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 06/16/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310767322	08/06/2008	4212	562111	Waste Management Of Wisconsin, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a contract laborer, exited the left door of a dual-drive front end loader waste truck with an attached three part recycling collector. Employee #1 was going to resume his duties collecting trash following a break. The truck driver, a manager, had shifted to the right side to drive and collect during Employee #1's break. Employee #1 was crushed by the descending collection bin, suffering 10 vertebrae fractures. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to the hospital where surgery was done on his injured back. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GARBAGE TRUCK, CRUSHED, TRUCK, RIB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310767322			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Garbage collectors

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