# Fractures at Best Buy Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077200` · 7/16/2019 · AMHERST, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Buy Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 1585 Niagara Falls Boulevard, AMHERST, NEW YORK, 14228
- **NAICS:** 443111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were loading appliances into a delivery truck using a 2-wheeler/dolly. One employee was helping push a refrigerator while the other employee pulled it towards the dolly. The refrigerator fell on one of the employee's lower extremities and mid-section, causing the employee to fall on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T7 vertebra.

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