# Fractures at WCA
> OSHA SIR `2015020641` · 2/20/2015 · BAY CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** WCA
- **Location:** 700 Avenue F, BAY CITY, TEXAS, 77414
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was climbing onto the back of a disposal truck to clean the blade when he lost his footing and fell, landing on one leg and fracturing the tibia of the right leg.

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