# Fractures at NOVANTA CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2022119973` · 11/13/2022 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple back regions
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Suitcases, baggage, luggage
## Employer
- **Name:** NOVANTA CORPORATION
- **Location:** Boston Logan International Airport, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02128
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered compression fractures to two back vertebrae while removing luggage from an overhead rack on a bus. She was hospitalized.

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