# Fractures at Otis Minnesota Services
> OSHA SIR `2023031909` · 3/1/2023 · ELMA, NEW YORK
## 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 slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Otis Minnesota Services
- **Location:** pipeline digs, ELMA, NEW YORK, 14059
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a trailer with composite mats when he noticed some snow on one of the mats. He walked to another truck to get a shovel when he slipped and fell on the icy ground. The employee suffered fractures to several cervical vertebrae, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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