# Fractures at Crete Carrier Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20161211752` · 12/18/2016 · IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Crete Carrier Corporation
- **Location:** 25 Gregg Drive, IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15642
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a tractor trailer on the highway when she encountered icy road conditions. The tractor trailer made contact with a pole on the side of the road. The employee pulled off of the highway and into a parking lot. She stepped out of the vehicle to check for damage. While outside of the vehicle, she slipped and fell on the ice, breaking two bones in her back.

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