# Bruises, contusions at BFI Waste Services of Texas, LP
> OSHA SIR `2016010657` · 1/23/2016 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BFI Waste Services of Texas, LP
- **Location:** 2860 N FM 973, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder working on a roll-off container when he fell backward approximately 6 to 8 feet, injuring his ribs and the back of his head.

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