# Fractures at Republic Services of Florida GP Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110787` · 11/19/2024 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the chest
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services of Florida GP Inc.
- **Location:** 7000 Imeson Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32219
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at another table with his back turned bagging some batteries. A bale of paper that was stacked four-bales high fell and pinned the employee against the table. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to a rib and chest bone.

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