# Fractures at Miller Implement Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054123` · 5/2/2025 · FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Implement Co., Inc.
- **Location:** N8974 Bergens Beach Road, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54937
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the blade on a tractor and holding the blade up with one hand. She twisted her body to reach for a link sitting on the tractor when she felt a pop in her lower back. The employee sustained a burst fracture of her L4 vertebra.

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