# Fractures at Western Disposal Services
> OSHA SIR `2020054744` · 5/21/2020 · BOULDER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Disposal Services
- **Location:** 5880 Butte Mill Rd., BOULDER, COLORADO, 80301
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reinstalling a square pack blade back into an automated refuse truck. He went to reposition the come-a-long when the pack blade slipped and fell on his left leg, fracturing it.

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