# Fractures at NEW Transportation Group
> OSHA SIR `2021032240` · 3/15/2021 · ANNA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** NEW Transportation Group
- **Location:** 690 Lick Creek Rd, ANNA, ILLINOIS, 62906
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:00 a.m. on March 15, 2021, an employee was pushing back a curtain for a Conestoga trailer when a forklift dropped a pallet on the employee. The employee suffered cuts, bruises, and a fractured back vertebra and was hospitalized.

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