# Fractures at CATERPILLAR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018088953` · 8/29/2018 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR, INC.
- **Location:** 100 TRACTOR DR., BLDG. SS, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61630
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 29, 2018, at 9:36 a.m., an employee had just returned a two-step stool to its storage location after using it. When she turned around, she tripped on the stool and fell on the floor. She was hospitalized with a bone fracture.

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