# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Skolnik Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088350` · 8/30/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Skolnik Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 4900 S. Kilbourn Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a box truck and went to pull a wood pallet that was loaded with material towards the truck gate. While pulling the pallet, the wood broke causing the employee to fall backwards off the truck and land on his back.

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