# Fractures at Advanced Disposal Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020054473` · 5/13/2020 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Disposal Services, LLC
- **Location:** John Road Transfer Station, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35023
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an auto-tarp before dumping a 40-yard open top container. A tarp arm struck him in the face, causing facial fractures, head contusions, cervical fractures, and swelling in his spinal column. He was hospitalized.

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