# Fractures at Hescher Transport LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021086787` · 8/11/2021 · BARABOO, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hescher Transport LLC
- **Location:** S3783 Fox Hill Road, BARABOO, WISCONSIN, 53913
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went up to a catwalk between a semi trailer and a semi cab to diagnose an issue with an electric tarp failing to close. The spring loaded arm uncoupled and released, and the employee was thrown to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to an upper-back vertebra, ribs, a wrist, and a collarbone.

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