# Fractures at Dollar Tree, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010389` · 1/14/2020 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar Tree, Inc.
- **Location:** 1800 Family Dollar, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72301
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a falling pallet of cat food that a forklift operator pushed off an overhead rack. The employee suffered a fractured C7 vertebra in the spine.

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