# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Eldredge Lumber and Hardware, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018032964` · 3/27/2018 · YORK, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Eldredge Lumber and Hardware, Inc
- **Location:** 627 U.S. Route 1, YORK, MAINE, 03909
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had climbed onto the top of a one-unit lumber truck to strap down the load. When coming down the side of the truck, he lost his footing and fell to the ground, suffering a concussion, a broken rib, and a  facial fracture.

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