# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2024021639` · 2/21/2024 · CICERO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble on same level  without fall
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 3808 S. 53rd Ave., CICERO, ILLINOIS, 60804
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledge hammer to straighten a piece of steel when he lost his balance, causing him to turn and twist ankle. The employee suffered a broken ankle that required hospitalization and surgery.

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