# Bruises, contusions at Waste Management of PA
> OSHA SIR `2024043718` · 4/29/2024 · BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of PA
- **Location:** 1224 HAYES BLVD, BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA, 19007
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a runner on the back of a rear-load garbage truck. Their left hand was crushed between the packer blade and the sidewall of the hopper. The employee sustained a contusion to the hand.

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