# Fractures at Casella Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `20171212063` · 12/19/2017 · ORRINGTON, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Roadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Waste Management
- **Location:** Stonewall Street, ORRINGTON, MAINE, 04474
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding on a trash truck when another vehicle failed to stop and crashed into the back of the trash truck. The employee's leg was pinned between the two vehicles, and she suffered a compound fracture that required hospitalization.

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