# Concussions at Penn Waste, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077663` · 7/26/2019 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle in roadway
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Waste, Inc.
- **Location:** West Market Street and South Williams, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17401
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the step on the back of a stopped trash truck. The police were pursuing a vehicle at a high rate of speed when the vehicle hit the back of the trash truck. The employee was thrown from the truck. He stood up and walked for a moment before falling down. He suffered a concussion and neck/upper back strains.

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