# Fractures at Shake and Shingle
> OSHA SIR `2017032888` · 3/30/2017 · FULTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Shake and Shingle
- **Location:** 5281 MM Road, FULTS, ILLINOIS, 62244
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was loading bundles of shingles onto a conveyor and sending them up to his partner who was stocking the bundles on the roof. The injured employee stepped onto the pallet to reach for the last bundle and the wood pallet broke. The injured employee lost his balance and fell off the truck bed to the concrete driveway below resulting in a fractured left heel.

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