# Fractures at Simplot AB Retail Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032304` · 3/14/2024 · BROWNFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Tanker trucks
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Simplot AB Retail Inc.
- **Location:** 1702 Levelland Highway, BROWNFIELD, TEXAS, 79316
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading liquid fertilizer into a tanker truck when they fell from the truck to the ground, resulting in a laceration to the head and compression fractures in their back.

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