# Crushing injuries at FLEETPRIDE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019032317` · 3/4/2019 · WILLOWBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** FLEETPRIDE, INC.
- **Location:** 7630 S. MADISON ST., WILLOWBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60527
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to replace a bent pallet racking beam. He was standing on a ladder while another employee used a forklift to push against the beam. The beam popped out, causing the employee to fall 3 feet to the concrete floor and suffer a crushed vertebra in the lower back.

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