# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2015107448` · 10/7/2015 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 5610 FM 1346, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78220
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by the lever of a waste container while unloading it. The lever sprung out and struck the employee's face, fracturing the cheek bones and jaw bone.

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