# Crushing injuries at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2023043205` · 4/11/2023 · GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** N96 W13840 County Line Rd, GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was diagnosing a problem with the under carriage of a vehicle and tracing a leak. The airline came out of a fitting at the rear of the vehicle and quickly released pressure, causing the tag axle to fall or come down onto the employee's chest. The employee sustained a crush injury to the chest.

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