# Fractures at A-1 Refuse, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019011151` · 1/31/2019 · SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** A-1 Refuse, LLC
- **Location:** American Environmental Landfill, SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA, 74063
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a trash bucket and had raised the bucket to open the side trap doors in order to scrape out debris when the handle that raises/lowers the bucket was struck. The bucket then came down and struck the employee in the face. The employee sustained eye socket damage to the right side and a broken jaw.

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