# Fractures at Family Dollar
> OSHA SIR `2021119832` · 11/12/2021 · VERNON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Family Dollar
- **Location:** 2417 Wilbarger St., VERNON, TEXAS, 76384
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was decorating when she climbed onto an enclosed area and sat on a box. The box caved in and the employee fell about 6 feet to the floor, resulting in a fractured T9 vertebra.

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