# Fractures at Sloan Implement
> OSHA SIR `20171211617` · 12/7/2017 · ATWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Sloan Implement
- **Location:** 65 E. US Hwy 136, ATWOOD, ILLINOIS, 61913
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 7, 2017, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was taking parts off a combine and placing them in a pallet box when the employee stepped down into a pallet box and fell 6 feet to the ground. The employee fractured the transverse L1 vertebra, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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