# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Finley Farmers Grain & Elevator
> OSHA SIR `20231211087` · 12/4/2023 · FINLEY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Finley Farmers Grain & Elevator
- **Location:** 503 Broadway Avenue, FINLEY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58230
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the lids on top of rail cars to prepare for grain. The employee fell from the rail car approximately 14 feet and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their scapula, C7 vertebra, multiple thoracic vertebrae, sternum, foot, and three  toes. The employee also sustained a concussion, bruised lung, pulled abdominal muscles, and an injury to their left middle finger.

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