# Fractures at Mercer Landmark - Latty Agronomy
> OSHA SIR `2023010418` · 1/13/2023 · PAULDING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mercer Landmark - Latty Agronomy
- **Location:** 14078 Ohio 613, PAULDING, OHIO, 45879
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 13, 2023, an employee was setting a brake on a railcar and turned to take a step back on the platform. The employee missed the platform and fell 3-4 feet to the gravel surface. They sustained lumbar vertebrae and rib fractures.

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