# Fractures at CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2021010254` · 1/10/2021 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
- **Location:** 2027 INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY SOUTH, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading material from a truck. The employee opened the tailgate to remove material, was caught between the tailgate and a wall, and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a laceration to the leg.

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