# Fractures at MMC Materials, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019077213` · 7/16/2019 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MMC Materials, Inc
- **Location:** 1401 Forest Av., JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39201
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walking along the catwalk on the back of an 18-wheeler fell 3 feet to the ground and sustained a compression fracture to the L1 vertebra.

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