# Fractures at The Pennsylvania State University
> OSHA SIR `20201111057` · 11/22/2020 · UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** The Pennsylvania State University
- **Location:** 6 Eisenhower Parking Deck, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16802
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to pull a hay bale off a truck. The bale fell on the employee and pinned her to the ground. She suffered broken thoracic vertebrae and lack of feeling and movement in her legs.

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