# Fractures at Casella Waste Systems
> OSHA SIR `2023109631` · 10/18/2023 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cardboard
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Waste Systems
- **Location:** 71 Fuller Road, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12205
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing straps from a load of cardboard on a truck. A strap broke causing the pile of cardboard to collapse and knock the employee off the truck. The employee fell to the ground, fracturing his back.

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