# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at The Arthur Companies
> OSHA SIR `2025010306` · 1/9/2025 · AYR, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** The Arthur Companies
- **Location:** Ayr Terminal, AYR, NORTH DAKOTA, 58007
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped onto a railcar during a loading operation. The railcar was moving and the employee was pulled backward off his feet by his self-retracting lifeline when it reached the end of its 30-foot cable. The cable caught on something and then snapped, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He suffered an injury to the L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae that required surgery and a shoulder dislocation.

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