# Fractures at Penn Waste, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088570` · 8/19/2019 · MANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Waste, Inc.
- **Location:** 85 Brickyard Road, MANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17345
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding on the rear step of a garbage truck when the driver moved the vehicle onto the shoulder to avoid an oncoming vehicle. The employee was caught between the truck and a tree, suffering a rib fracture and chest contusion.

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