# Fractures at Alter Trading Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021075874` · 7/17/2021 · NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Manlifts
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Alter Trading Corporation
- **Location:** 4500 WEST BETHANY ROAD, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72117
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manlift to reach a platform and remove material from the infeed conveyor. As he stepped out of the manlift onto the platform he fell about 8 feet and landed on a pile of shredded metals. The employee suffered a C-5 vertebra fracture and was hospitalized.

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