# Fractures at Ralph Martinez Trucking Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021087177` · 8/23/2021 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ralph Martinez Trucking Inc.
- **Location:** 3500 South Gun Club Road, AURORA, COLORADO, 80018
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling excess dirt from the bed of his truck. While exiting the truck, the employee fell to the ground, resulting in three broken vertebrae.

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