# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2021031988` · 3/5/2021 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 3520 Pansy Street, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77505
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a door on a roll-off container using the chain. The chain broke and the employee slipped and fell to the ground below, suffering a broken leg.

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