# Fractures at Dollar Tree Distribution Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211851` · 12/21/2016 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar Tree Distribution Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Dollar Tree Lane, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to his car to retrieve work equipment when he fell on ice in the parking lot, fracturing three bones in his back.

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