# Fractures at WCA Waste Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018065767` · 6/12/2018 · PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WCA Waste Corporation
- **Location:** 405 East Airport Industrial Road, PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA, 73075
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was hooking a chain to an excavator bucket when the excavator bucket moved toward the right side of a bulldozer. The employee's right leg was pinned between the excavator bucket and a part of the bulldozer causing a fracture at the knee.

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