# Fractures at Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032339` · 3/8/2018 · WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc.
- **Location:** Applebee's Grill + Bar, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19382
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 8, 2018, at approximately 11:00 AM, an employee got out of a front load garbage truck, closed a dumpster enclosure, and slipped and fell on ice in the area around the enclosure. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

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