# Fractures at Republic Services of New Jersey LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024054011` · 5/7/2024 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ears and facial region  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Trash compactors, shredders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services of New Jersey LLC
- **Location:** Bethlehem Landfill- 3rd party Disposal location, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18015
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unlatching the door on a 35-yard compactor receiver box when the handle of the receiver box struck them in the face, causing facial fracture.

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