# Fractures at Stephenson Service Company
> OSHA SIR `2018032212` · 3/5/2018 · SHANNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Stephenson Service Company
- **Location:** 4791 West Valley Road, SHANNON, ILLINOIS, 61078
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift and a crate to raise himself to dismantle a grain drying system when the crate became unstable and he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. He fractured his leg and three vertebrae, requiring hospitalization.

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