# Fractures at MW Components
> OSHA SIR `2022119930` · 11/11/2022 · PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** MW Components
- **Location:** 260 Industrial Drive, PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI, 38863
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's foot caught on the corner of a pallet as he turned. He fell backward and his back and head struck the floor; he sustained a neck vertebra fracture.

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