# Crushing injuries at Wastemanagement of IL Southwest - Rockdale
> OSHA SIR `2018099754` · 9/20/2018 · PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Wastemanagement of IL Southwest - Rockdale
- **Location:** Heritage Meadows Subdivision, PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS, 60585
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a waste management collection route. The employee was reaching under a broken cylinder of a tipper area when the cylinder crushed the employee's forearm, resulting in soft tissue damage. The employee was hospitalized.

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