# Fractures at Waste Management Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010151` · 1/6/2015 · LIBERTY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management Inc.
- **Location:** 4649 Still Meadows, LIBERTY, TEXAS, 77575
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee's garbage truck struck electrical lines hanging low in the street.  Employee climbed up approximately 10 feet to untangle the wires when he fell to the ground.  He broke his left leg and has small fractures in his neck. He was admitted to the hospital.

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