# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2022109167` · 10/19/2022 · SAINT FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 1111 Bains Rd., SAINT FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70775
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cycling the packer on a rear-loading garbage truck. While his left hand was on the back of the truck, near the packer, the fingers were caught and broken between the packer's blade and the truck body.

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