# Fractures at Waste Management of WV, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010706` · 1/21/2019 · CHESTER, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of WV, Inc.
- **Location:** 28 Johnsonville Road, CHESTER, WEST VIRGINIA, 26034
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After scraping ice off a garbage truck's windshield, an employee fell while stepping down from the cab. The employee landed on the concrete of the parking lot about 2 feet below, suffering a broken left femur.

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