# Fractures at USA Waste & Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2018099705` · 9/19/2018 · WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Cans
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Waste & Recycling
- **Location:** 81 Di Nunzio Road, WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06779
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in the back of an open box truck when a stack of 96-gallon garbage cans fell over, causing the employee to be pushed from the truck to the ground. The employee fractured his lower right leg.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*