# Fractures at Nelson Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `20231211401` · 12/14/2023 · OTTAWA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple back regions
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 6448 US Rt 224, OTTAWA, OHIO, 45875
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping co-workers perform final testing of a flatbed trailer. The employee was positioning the weight box toward the front of the trailer when they tripped on the landing leg and fell approximately 5 feet to the concrete floor below. They suffered injuries that included three broken ribs and a chipped L4 vertebra that resulted in hospitalization.

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