At a glance
Watch Waste Management-Pittsburgh Greenstar Recycling for free
Get an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Waste Management-Pittsburgh Greenstar Recycling is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.
Final narrative
An employee was pulling a piece of plastic off a bale of paper products at a loading dock. As the plastic broke free, he lost his balance and fell through the chain across the dock, landing on the ground about 2.5 to 3 feet below. He suffered multiple fractures to his shoulder and lower back.
Hospitalized
Shoulder(s) and back
Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Similar incidents · Same event type
Dec 30, 2023
United Parcel Service, Inc. · LAWNSIDE, NEW JERSEY
Dec 29, 2023
Electrical Contractors Inc. · JACKSON, MISSOURI
Dec 28, 2023
M1 Support Services · FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA
Dec 27, 2023
Fedex Ground Package System, Inc. · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Dec 23, 2023
SRM Concrete · LAFAYETTE, COLORADO
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 562111)
Nov 20, 2025
Homewood Disposal Service, Inc. · EAST HAZEL CREST, ILLINOIS
Nov 20, 2025
Atlantic Waste Services, Inc · TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA
Nov 18, 2025
AEL Green Logistics LLC · ABILENE, TEXAS
Nov 13, 2025
BFI Waste Services of Pennsylvania, LLC · KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 13, 2025
Lug Life LLC · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
More severe injuries in PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 28, 2025
Wells Fargo Bank · BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 28, 2025
Lehigh Valley Health Network · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 26, 2025
National Glass & Metal Company, Inc. · HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 25, 2025
Merakey of Pennsylvania · ELIZABETHVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 24, 2025
Janocha Construction, Inc. · CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA