# Fractures at JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010666` · 1/21/2020 · LYNN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Intersection of 325 and 361 Lawrence, LYNN, ARKANSAS, 72440
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to loosen a strap that was on a trailer loaded with PVC pipe.  As he began to loosen the fourth strap, a bundle of PVC pipes fell and struck him on the head, rendering him unconscious. He sustained multiple fractures to the cervical spine.

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