# Fractures at Helena Agri-Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2023076723` · 7/26/2023 · MEDWAY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Helena Agri-Enterprises
- **Location:** 21 Trotter Drive, MEDWAY, MASSACHUSETTS, 02053
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning an empty tote on the back of a straight-body truck for securement. He lost his footing and fell to the ground. The tote then fell and struck the employee, resulting in fractures to vertebrae and ribs.

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