# Fractures at Power Drives Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065803` · 6/29/2023 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Power Drives Inc.
- **Location:** 801 Exchange Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14210
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a cart toward himself when the cart fell on him. The employee sustained L1 and L3 end-plate fractures and a bruised bladder that required hospitalization.

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