# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Winters Bros. Waste Systems
> OSHA SIR `2025043415` · 4/12/2025 · LYNBROOK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Winters Bros. Waste Systems
- **Location:** 17 Broadway, LYNBROOK, NEW YORK, 11563
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the top of a garbage truck, untangling the hook of a winch cable. He slipped and fell, landing about 13 feet below on his back and right arm. He suffered a dislocated right elbow and a broken right hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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