# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Volm Companies Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210384` · 12/3/2021 · MONTE VISTA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Volm Companies Inc.
- **Location:** Grower Shipper Potato Company, MONTE VISTA, COLORADO, 81144
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an auto-baler onto skates. The baler tipped over and fell onto the employee, who suffered four broken ribs; lacerations to the back, right side, and face; a head contusion; and a torn shoulder ligament.

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