# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Advanced Disposal Service Atlanta, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20180910010` · 9/27/2018 · NORCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Disposal Service Atlanta, LLC
- **Location:** 5374 Goshen Springs Rd, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30093
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the passenger-side rear step of a recycling truck, moving house to house to pick up recycling material. The sweep blade in the truck's hopper activated and began to push a cardboard box out of the hopper. As the employee tried to keep the box from falling out of the back of the truck, his foot became lodged in the box; the sweep blade came down on the box and his left foot, causing a compound fracture of his ankle as well as a muscle injury.

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