# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at Highway Transport Chemical, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010751` · 1/24/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Highway Transport Chemical, LLC
- **Location:** 6175 Riverside Dr. SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30331
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A driver was trying to tighten a washout cap on a cargo tank trailer when the washout cap blew off and startled him. He fell off the trailer and broke his right femur, separated his left shoulder and sustained a spleen injury.

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