# Fractures at GFL Environmental Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021020975` · 2/5/2021 · PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** GFL Environmental Inc.
- **Location:** 385 Swains Drive, PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA, 30269
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from the back of a garbage truck when his hand slipped, becoming pinned by the handle of the hopper. The employee sustained a fracture to the left forearm.

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