# Fractures at Department of the Army
> OSHA SIR `20181111806` · 11/16/2018 · TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of the Army
- **Location:** 11 Hap Arnold Boulevard, TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18466
- **NAICS:** 334515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a mule (motorized tractor) outdoors to retrieve an asset. As he exited the mule cab to walk to the asset, he slipped on the frozen ground and fell onto the door frame of the open cab, hitting his back. He suffered several broken ribs and a fractured spine.

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