# Fractures at Border States
> OSHA SIR `2022108975` · 10/12/2022 · HORACE, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Border States
- **Location:** 4878 173rd Avenue SE, HORACE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58047
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a flatbed trailer unloading bundles of PVC conduit. When the employee lifted a bundle to reposition it, the plastic strapping used to secure the bundle broke. The employee lost balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained four rib fractures.

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