# Fractures at Estes Express Lines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065747` · 6/28/2023 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Estes Express Lines, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 Villa Street, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60120
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to load material into a trailer when the trailer pulled away from the dock. The forklift and the employee dropped from the dock and the impact from the drop caused a vertebral fracture and lung bruising.

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