# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `20171212375` · 12/30/2017 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 8611 Covel Road, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78252
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator to load off-road trucks with soil. He slipped while dismounting the excavator, causing him to lose grip of the grab bar and fall to the ground. He attempted to break his fall and fractured his right wrist.

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