Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221485774

C R & R

Event
Back, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fixed Ladder, Garbage Truck, Repair
NAICS
562111
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345841795
Employer profile
C R & R
Summary number
221485774
Report ID
0950633

Event description

Employee injures back in fall from fixed ladder

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on February 3, 2022, an employee was on an assigned residential trash collection route, when he stopped to make repairs on the haulage truck he was operating. While on the truck's fixed ladder, the employee fell off the truck and sustained an unspecified back injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 56 M

    Event type
    5

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