# Fractures at DOT FOODS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2019076924` · 7/10/2019 · MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DOT FOODS, INC
- **Location:** 1 DOT WAY BOX 192, MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS, 62353
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting product away in a warehouse. While walking backwards he struck a stack of pallets, fell and sustained a broken ankle.

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