# Fractures at Crete Carrier Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022087360` · 8/18/2022 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Crete Carrier Corporation
- **Location:** 2200 7th Ave SW, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A truck driver was manually unhooking a trailer. The driver hooked an extension bar to the manual handle for the fifth wheel and began to pull. The extension bar slipped, causing them to fall backward to the concrete ground and sustain a broken vertebra in the lower back.

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