# Fractures at WM - Jefferson County Landfill
> OSHA SIR `2025032209` · 3/7/2025 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Axles, suspensions
- **Secondary source:** Garbage trucks
## Employer
- **Name:** WM - Jefferson County Landfill
- **Location:** 6000 Gravel Pit Road, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an air valve on the drop axle of a waste truck when the axle fell on top of them, resulting in a broken rib and a chest contusion. The employee was hospitalized.

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