# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Waste Management of Colorado Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020076711` · 7/17/2020 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Colorado Inc
- **Location:** 5395 Franklin Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/17/2020, at 3:00 PM, an employee entered a screen machine to clear debris from the spindles and discs. The employee exited the screen machine via the downstream conveyor. The employee walked alongside the conveyor to exit the area and fell through a material chute at the end of the conveyor to the ground 17 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion and fractures to the left leg, pelvis, ribs and face.

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