# Fractures at Gaeta Recycling Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010764` · 10/18/2018 · PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Gaeta Recycling Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 278-282 W. Railway Ave, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, 07503
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up the recycling area and was walking backwards when he was struck by a mini-loader. The employee fell and the loader ran over his left foot, fracturing it.

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