# Fractures at Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021530` · 2/16/2017 · ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1804 MacArthur Drive, Suite 530, ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, 71301
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in the warehouse removing freight from a trailer when merchandise fell on him, fracturing his L1 vertebra.

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