# Fractures at Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023010044` · 1/3/2023 · SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc
- **Location:** 5509 Fuller Street, SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54476
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a truck to service residential trash/recycling carts. The employee stopped the truck and walked in front of the vehicle onto the shoulder of the roadway, then slipped on ice and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right femur.

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