# Fractures at Waste Management of Colorado, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210927` · 12/20/2021 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Colorado, Inc.
- **Location:** 2469 Riverside Parkway, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81505
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee exited a truck to open a gate. The truck rolled and pinned the employee against the gate; the employee suffered multiple broken ribs and a broken sternum.

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