# Fractures at PVS - Nolwood Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010999` · 1/28/2019 · MC KEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** PVS - Nolwood Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 180 Nichol Avenue, MC KEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15136
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell striking his upper back and head. The employee was hospitalized for a fracture of the T5 vertebra.

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