# Fractures at Hartt Transportation Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032561` · 3/22/2022 · AUBURN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Hartt Transportation Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Gissing NA, AUBURN, MAINE, 04210
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the rear door of a cargo trailer. A 500-pound bale of fiber fell out of the trailer and knocked the employee to the ground. He suffered fractures to vertebrae, an arm, and a leg.

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