# Fractures at DGS Heartland
> OSHA SIR `2019077836` · 7/31/2019 · WEST BEND, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** DGS Heartland
- **Location:** 529 N River Road, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, 53090
- **NAICS:** 337211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing by, waiting for other employees to finish stacking boxes. The lower boxes in the stack collapsed, causing the upper boxes to fall forward onto the employee breaking both legs.

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