# Fractures at WM Recycle America, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2025088676` · 8/29/2025 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Walls
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** WM Recycle America, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 1923 Meridian Street, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76011
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting off bracing from an 8 x 12' metal wall when the wall fell, striking the employee on their side and back. The employee sustained bruised ribs and two fractures in their back.

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