# Fractures at Nexair, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065117` · 6/9/2016 · JUPITER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Air compressors
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Nexair, LLC
- **Location:** 5151 Corporate Way, JUPITER, FLORIDA, 33458
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a 265-liter (70-gallon) compressed air tank when the delivery cart caster wheels struck the skid plate, turned sideways, and caused the tank to topple over and strike the employee. The employee suffered a fractured back and was hospitalized.

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