# Bruises, contusions at GFL of Texas, LP
> OSHA SIR `2024032330` · 3/14/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** GFL of Texas, LP
- **Location:** 1820 Candle Ridge Park, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying down on the ground to grab a hose that was underneath the catwalk area of a mobile belt sludge press trailer, and when standing up, the catwalk unfolded to its normal stationary position impacting the employee in the upper torso, head, and neck. This resulted in a contusion to the neck and back. The employee was hospitalized.

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