# Dislocation of joints at BLACK HORSE CARRIERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021086995` · 8/17/2021 · BATAVIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Bands
## Employer
- **Name:** BLACK HORSE CARRIERS, INC.
- **Location:** Batavia Container, Inc., BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, 60510
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 17, 2021, an employee was inside a trailer that his truck had just backed up to a loading dock. As he tried to straighten a banded load of cardboard, the band snapped and the load fell, knocking him into the side of the trailer. He suffered head lacerations and a dislocated shoulder.

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