# Fractures at Allied Waste Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110263` · 11/30/2021 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Allied Waste Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Republic Services of Oklahoma City, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73179
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a trash truck packing blade. The blade was on a forklift when it slid off the forks and struck the employee's right lower leg, resulting in a compound fracture.

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