# Fractures at Waste Management-Pittsburgh Greenstar Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2018055147` · 5/25/2018 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management-Pittsburgh Greenstar Recycling
- **Location:** 4100 Grand Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15225
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a piece of plastic off a bale of paper products at a loading dock. As the plastic broke free, he lost his balance and fell through the chain across the dock, landing on the ground about 2.5 to 3 feet below. He suffered multiple fractures to his shoulder and lower back.

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