# Fractures at KME Fire Apparatus
> OSHA SIR `2015021400` · 2/13/2015 · NESQUEHONING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** KME Fire Apparatus
- **Location:** 1 Industrial Complex, NESQUEHONING, PENNSYLVANIA, 18240
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During a work break at 9:20 AM on February 13, 2015, an employee was walking behind the building to his car in the parking lot and slipped on an ice patch. The employee sustained compressed fractures of the T2 and T5 cervical discs.

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