# Fractures at Noland Company
> OSHA SIR `2016010831` · 1/28/2016 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Noland Company
- **Location:** 500 35th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35222
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee cut the truck seal with a bolt cutter and opened the trailer door. When the door was opened, three hot water heaters fell out and one of the heaters struck the employee on the head causing a neck fracture.

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