# Fractures at Waste Management Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043351` · 4/21/2016 · KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management Inc.
- **Location:** 4105 Cardinal Lane, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, 34744
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was collecting garbage and throwing two bags in the back of the garbage truck, the driver pulled forward and then backed up and hit the employee. He was hospitalized with two fractured legs.

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