# Fractures at Waste Management of North and Central  MS
> OSHA SIR `2019032758` · 3/15/2019 · BELDEN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway-paved
- **Secondary source:** Cans
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of North and Central  MS
- **Location:** 3279 North Coley Road, BELDEN, MISSISSIPPI, 38826
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a residential garbage container into the hopper of a refuse truck when the container handle broke, causing the employee to fall backward on the pavement. He fractured his left hip.

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