# Fractures at Cellular South Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010612` · 10/10/2019 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Cellular South Inc.
- **Location:** C- Spire Warehouse, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39201
- **NAICS:** 517212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload near-empty wire-duct spools (2 feet tall, 200-300 pounds) off a trailer bed that was about 2 feet off the ground. The last spool rolled over from the trailer and one side fell on the employee, who suffered a fractured vertebra and was hospitalized.

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