# Fractures at Ideal Industries
> OSHA SIR `20181011104` · 10/27/2018 · SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ideal Industries
- **Location:** 1101 Park Ave, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS, 60178
- **NAICS:** 332510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 10/27/18, an employee was helping to construct a parade float and was working on a wooden platform that was 54 inches off the ground. As he walked back to the ladder to exit the platform, he took a misstep off the side of the platform and fell to the ground, fracturing his thoracic vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.

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