# Fractures at Linde Gas & Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2023087013` · 8/3/2023 · HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-pressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Linde Gas & Equipment
- **Location:** Steven's Institute, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, 07030
- **NAICS:** 325120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a cylinder onto the lift gate of a truck when the wheels of the cylinder became stuck on the plate. The employee pulled harder to get the wheels unstuck. The cylinder fell and struck him in the stomach, pushing him back into the rear of the truck. The employee sustained a fractured lower back.

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