# Fractures at West Coast Tomato Growers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010479` · 10/31/2017 · IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** West Coast Tomato Growers, Inc.
- **Location:** 12021 Barfield Road, IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA, 34142
- **NAICS:** 111219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing plastic trays from the back bed area of a field truck when the truck driver moved the vehicle forward. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground on his back, fracturing a vertebra.

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