# Fractures at Auto Warehousing Company
> OSHA SIR `2018089051` · 8/31/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Auto Warehousing Company
- **Location:** 13227 S. Torrence Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60633
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a railcar when he lost his grip on a ladder and fell to the ground. He suffered a fractured right wrist, a sprained left wrist, and chipped vertebrae.

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