# Fractures at Waste Connections of Colorado
> OSHA SIR `2017109766` · 10/11/2017 · ERIE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bees, hornets, wasps
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Connections of Colorado
- **Location:** 1830 Weld County Rd 5, ERIE, COLORADO, 80516
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to evade bees when he tripped and fell, breaking his right leg.

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