# Fractures at DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021175` · 2/8/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC
- **Location:** CVS Pharmacy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77003
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to stack cases on a dolly. He proceeded to exit the truck walking backward. The truck's lift gate had not been lifted; the employee stepped off the back of the truck and fell to the ground and the stack of product fell on him. The employee sustained a fractured T-12 vertebra.

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