# Fractures at Joy Global Longview Operations LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2024031916` · 3/1/2024 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while moving or manipulating external object(s)  unspecified
- **Source:** Cooking and food-warming machinery  except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Joy Global Longview Operations LLC.
- **Location:** 5410 West Loop 281, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee felt a sharp back pain while adjusting a 700-pound griddle, which was not level. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken lower-back vertebra.

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