# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at City Recycling Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2024109806` · 10/21/2024 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Construction debris
## Employer
- **Name:** City Recycling Corp.
- **Location:** 515 Gardner Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11222
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator on top of an unprocessed pile of construction and demolition waste. The machine tipped over and the employee suffered a back injury.

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