# Fractures at Quad Graphics Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024054336` · 5/16/2024 · LOMIRA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Quad Graphics Inc
- **Location:** N11896 HWY 175, LOMIRA, WISCONSIN, 53048
- **NAICS:** 323110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a truck from a trailer. While pulling the fifth-wheel release that the trailer was attached to, the employee lost balance and fell backward onto the concrete pavement, resulting in a fractured T12 vertebra.

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