# Fractures at OL&B Railway
> OSHA SIR `2021076231` · 7/27/2021 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Bridges, dams, locks
## Employer
- **Name:** OL&B Railway
- **Location:** 33rd St and Baldwin St, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68501
- **NAICS:** 482112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a skid loader when it fell through the wooden walkway of a bridge and struck the ground 23 feet below. The employee suffered broken ribs, a broken shoulder, and a spinal burst fracture, as well as biting through his bottom lip.

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