# Fractures at Estes Express Lines
> OSHA SIR `20241211367` · 12/9/2024 · LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Estes Express Lines
- **Location:** 155 Oberlin Avenue, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 08701
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet in the back of a trailer. The employee slipped and fell out of the trailer onto the ground, suffering a broken spine and fractured ribs.

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