# Fractures at Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020666` · 2/21/2015 · GRAYSLAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
- **Location:** 30869 N. Highway 83, GRAYSLAKE, ILLINOIS, 60030
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was working on a sorting platform approximately 8 feet off of the concrete/ground. As employee descended a fixed ladder, he lost his grip and fell to the ground in a standing position, fracturing his right leg.

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