# Concussions at Waste Connections
> OSHA SIR `2015086194` · 8/27/2015 · MITCHELL, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Connections
- **Location:** 140126 Mitchell Heights Rd., MITCHELL, NEBRASKA, 69357
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a 90 gallon cart at a customer's building.  The cart got wedged in the truck.  The employee climbed onto the truck to dislodge the cart, lost his balance, and fell from the vehicle striking his head resulting in a laceration and a concussion.

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