# Fractures at MAT Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053814` · 5/5/2016 · ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** MAT Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** 821 Bluff Road, ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60446
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a broken knee when helping another employee lift a pallet. Pallets underneath the pallet that was being lifted shifted and fell onto the employee pinning the employee to the ground.

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