# Fractures at Casella Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076186` · 7/9/2016 · AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Bodily conditions of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc.
- **Location:** 49 Sword St, AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01501
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 9, 2016, at approximately 12:00PM, an employee had a seizure while standing on the upright rider collection truck. He fell off the moving vehicle and sustained a skull fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

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