# Fractures at Waste Connections of Arkansas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021437` · 2/12/2018 · MIDWAY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Connections of Arkansas, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 County Road 510, MIDWAY, ARKANSAS, 72651
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a dumpster into the rear loading garbage truck. A bag of trash fell from the dumpster. As the employee put his hand over his head to block the trash, he placed his hand in a pinch point and inadvertently activated the winch of the truck, resulting in compound fractures to his left hand.

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