# Fractures at Sullivan Tire
> OSHA SIR `20241010060` · 10/29/2024 · WESTBROOK, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Sullivan Tire
- **Location:** 650 Bridgton Road, WESTBROOK, MAINE, 04092
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering tires to a customer location. As they were unloading tires they fell off the back of the box truck and struck their neck and back on the concrete ground. The employee sustained vertebrae fractures in their upper back and a portion of the spine, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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