# Fractures at Nivel Parts & Manufacturing Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032036` · 3/5/2024 · CAIRO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Nivel Parts & Manufacturing Co., LLC
- **Location:** 2051 2nd Avenue Northeast, CAIRO, GEORGIA, 39828
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a powder coating spindle rack with the help of a coworker on a forklift. When the forks raised up the rack tipped over and fell on the injured employee, resulting in a fractured L1 vertebra.

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