# Fractures at Hercules Forwarding, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111407` · 11/1/2019 · HODGKINS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hercules Forwarding, Inc.
- **Location:** 7600 Santa Fe Dr., HODGKINS, ILLINOIS, 60525
- **NAICS:** 482111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a truck's platform, unhooking air lines from the trailer. The employee fell off the platform to the asphalt ground and suffered a broken right femur.

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