# Fractures and dislocations at Waste Management - Denver North Hauling
> OSHA SIR `2018032206` · 3/5/2018 · BROOMFIELD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management - Denver North Hauling
- **Location:** 12202 Airport Way, BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, 80021
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on site collecting trash from a dumpster. The enclosure gate for the dumpster had drop pegs that normally hold, but 70 mph winds overtook the gate and slammed it against the dumpster while the employee's hand was in the way. The employee sustained broken bones, a dislocation, and vascular injuries to the right hand.

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