# Fractures at United States Army
> OSHA SIR `2016021816` · 2/26/2016 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Army
- **Location:** Big Black Test Site (Bovina Cut Off Rd.), VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39180
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing wiring and sensors from the top of a Tainter gate retaining wall. The employee fell 10-16 feet from the retaining wall and fractured vertebrae in the back.

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