# Fractures at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2017098993` · 9/20/2017 · CUMMING, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** Castleburry Rd at Kings Cummons, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30040
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of cardboard that had slipped over the packer blade of a waste collection truck hopper when the packer blade began to crush and lacerate his right hand, fracturing his right wrist. The truck hopper was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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