# Fractures at Casella Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2020098298` · 9/1/2020 · FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Waste Management
- **Location:** 1392 US 9, FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK, 12828
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a bucket loader in a maintenance shop. A jack kicked out, striking him in the head and knocking him to the floor. He suffered a skull fracture.

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