# Fractures at Environmental Service Concepts
> OSHA SIR `20161211567` · 12/12/2016 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Environmental Service Concepts
- **Location:** 17703 La Cantera Pkwy, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78257
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a customer to unload a pickup truck. A pallet got stuck. The employee pulled to break the pallet free and fell backwards onto the ground. The employee suffered an L1 compression fracture.

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