# Fractures at Family Dollar
> OSHA SIR `2017032372` · 3/15/2017 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Family Dollar
- **Location:** 701 West Main Street, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 15, 2017, an employee was on a freight elevator when the chain broke and the elevator collapsed. The employee sustained broken lumbar vertebrae requiring hospitalization.

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