# Fractures at Waste Connections
> OSHA SIR `2025043960` · 4/28/2025 · PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Axles, suspensions
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Connections
- **Location:** 1904 Pontotoc Parkway West, PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI, 38863
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mechanic was replacing the passenger's side airbag on the rear end of a truck when the driver's side airbag on the rear end blew and the employee sustained injury to the left hand, wrist and forearm. The employee sustained fractures that required hospitalization and surgery.

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