# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at MTC Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2021075971` · 7/20/2021 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** MTC Logistics
- **Location:** 2 Dock View Drive, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was calibrating elevated refrigeration probes while inside a cage about 15 to 20 feet off the ground, chained and padlocked to the forks of a forklift. The forklift backed into a safety bollard. The cage broke free as the chains and padlock snapped. It fell to the ground and the employee suffered a broken back with spinal cord damage.

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