# Fractures at Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019088509` · 8/18/2019 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc
- **Location:** 5005 SW Wenger Dr, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66609
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 7:30 a.m. on 8/18/19, a maintenance employee was removing bolts from the bearing housing of a mixer using a break-over bar with a socket. He was standing inside the mixer panel on a flat surface with the break-over bar at chest height lifting upwards when he felt a sharp pain in his back and his knees became weak. He then laid down on his back. He suffered a compression fracture on his L7 vertebra.

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