# Fractures at Sodexo
> OSHA SIR `2020054965` · 5/29/2020 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Sodexo
- **Location:** HCR Manor Care Bethlehem 2021, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18109
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a food cart down a cement ramp on a loading dock. She tripped and fell to the ground at the bottom of the ramp, and the cart landed (upright) on her ankle. She suffered a fractured vertebra in her back.

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