# Fractures at Winn-Dixie
> OSHA SIR `2023109941` · 10/27/2023 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Winn-Dixie
- **Location:** 211 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70005
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After taking out the trash, an employee was closing a metal fence gate when the gate fell and struck their chest. The employee sustained broken ribs and vertebrae damage.

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