# Fractures at Anniston Army Depot
> OSHA SIR `20191011146` · 10/25/2019 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Anniston Army Depot
- **Location:** 7 Frankford Ave, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36201
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling on a stackable metal bookshelf while a second employee was pushing it. The first employee slipped and fell to the floor, fracturing the T12 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

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