# Fractures at Vicksburg Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2021086441` · 8/2/2021 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vicksburg Forest Products
- **Location:** 1725 North Washington, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39183
- **NAICS:** 333210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaning between two stacks of lumber to place a strap on one of the stacks. The strapper pulled the stacks together, and the employee was caught between them. The employee suffered a fractured sternum.

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