# Fractures at US Forestry Division
> OSHA SIR `20241010120` · 10/30/2024 · WELLSTON, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while moving or manipulating external object(s)  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Back packs
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** US Forestry Division
- **Location:** 1170 Nursery rd., WELLSTON, MICHIGAN, 49689
- **NAICS:** 813312
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On October 30, 2024, an employee was participating in a pack test (a physical fitness test for employment designed to test the capacity of the employee for arduous work, consisting of a timed 3-mile hike with a 45-pound pack over level terrain). He was about 40 minutes into the test when he felt severe back pain and cramps in his legs and became unconscious. The employee sustained a compression fracture of the T12 vertebra.

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