# Fractures at MODERN DISPOSAL SERVICES INC
> OSHA SIR `2021075965` · 7/20/2021 · MODEL CITY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle on side of road
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** MODERN DISPOSAL SERVICES INC
- **Location:** 4746 MODEL CITY ROAD, MODEL CITY, NEW YORK, 14107
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trotting down the shoulder of a roadway along side the garbage collection truck. As the truck approached a home that had trash out for collection, the employee moved toward the moving truck to retrieve his work gloves. As he reached for the work gloves, his right foot was positioned behind the rear outer dual tire which struck his ankle and fractured it.

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