# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Waste Management of Colorado, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016020953` · 2/1/2016 · PARKER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Colorado, Inc
- **Location:** 19563 E. Main St., PARKER, COLORADO, 80134
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to an enclosure to collect the trash that was in it. While walking, he slipped and fell on the ice and snow. When he landed on the paved parking lot surface, he fractured his patella and severed some tendons, requiring surgery.

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