# Fractures at WM Reuter Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2019088799` · 8/24/2019 · PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** WM Reuter Recycling
- **Location:** 20701 Pembroke Rd., PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, 33029
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning and doing routine maintenance on a screen conveyor belt when he lost his footing and fell backwards onto the belt, suffering fractures to the lower back.

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