# Fractures at COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL, LP
> OSHA SIR `2021021576` · 2/22/2021 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL, LP
- **Location:** 2010 CALIFORNIA CROSSING, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75220
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to unload the garbage from a garbage compactor. When he released the lever on the door, it swung open and struck him in the face. He suffered a broken nose and a facial laceration.

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