# Fractures at Arona Home Essentials
> OSHA SIR `2021032287` · 3/17/2021 · HIALEAH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Arona Home Essentials
- **Location:** 5364 West 16th Avenue, HIALEAH, FLORIDA, 33012
- **NAICS:** 442110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was strapping down merchandise in the back of a box truck. The strap did not lock down. When the employee pulled on it to make sure the merchandise was secured, its looseness caused him to fall backwards out of the truck to the ground and suffer a broken arm.

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