# Fractures at Stericycle Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022065556` · 6/26/2022 · CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stericycle Inc
- **Location:** 3100 Douglas Rd, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, 33134
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a lift gate to load medical waste containers into the cargo area of a box truck. He fell approximately 4 feet to the pavement, suffering a closed fracture to a lower-back vertebra and a head injury.

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