# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Veolia North America Municipal Water
> OSHA SIR `2025010853` · 1/27/2025 · HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hydrants
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Veolia North America Municipal Water
- **Location:** 135 Temple Ave, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, 07601
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to remove an old fire hydrant from the bed of a truck. The employee was using a forklift to pick up the hydrant when the hydrant fell and struck him, and he fell forward. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both orbital bones, the nose, cheeks, and jaw, and also sustained fractured and herniated discs.

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