# Fractures at Waste Management of Mississippi, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087225` · 8/7/2024 · CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Roadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Mississippi, Inc.
- **Location:** WM Residential Collection Route, CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39056
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding on the back of a refuse vehicle while moving to another set of trash containers. Their foot slipped off the rear of the truck and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.

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