# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2021032307` · 3/17/2021 · BENNINGTON, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes, wheels, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 13505 N 216th Street, BENNINGTON, NEBRASKA, 68007
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading tires from a truck at the transfer station. The employee opened a box on the truck to dump the tires and when he opened the door, a tire came loose from an elevated position and struck his left leg. The employee sustained a broken tibia and fibula.

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