# Fractures at Waste Pro USA - Gautier
> OSHA SIR `2023087327` · 8/11/2023 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Pro USA - Gautier
- **Location:** 2200 Block, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39563
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the back of a truck and activated the sweep blade which pulls trash into the body of the truck. The blade stuck and fractured the employee's right leg and the employee was hospitalized.

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