# Fractures at Cactus Feeders
> OSHA SIR `2023021788` · 2/25/2023 · ULYSSES, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Feeders
- **Location:** 10925 S Road P, ULYSSES, KANSAS, 67880
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a skid loader with a backhoe attachment to dig up a clogged water line. The attachment came loose and threw the employee to the ground, resulting in vertebrae fractures of the neck and back.

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