# Fractures at BFI Waste Services of Texas, LP
> OSHA SIR `2024087893` · 8/26/2024 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Trash compactors, shredders
- **Secondary source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** BFI Waste Services of Texas, LP
- **Location:** 802 S Carancahua St., CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78401
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee got out of his truck and began rotating the two-yard compactor by hand in order to position the can for service. While moving the compactor, the metal lid folded backward toward the employee's hands, crushing and fracturing his left index and middle fingers. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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