# Fractures at John E Farmer & Sons Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032208` · 3/9/2017 · WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Dump truck
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** John E Farmer & Sons Inc.
- **Location:** 520 GROTON ROAD, WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01886
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was releasing the tarp that rolls over the top of the load of the dump truck, when the employee fell to the ground causing a pelvic fracture. Strong winds were a factor in the employee's fall.

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