# Fractures at USA Recycling DBA Pallet Logistics Management
> OSHA SIR `2020010330` · 1/13/2020 · HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Recycling DBA Pallet Logistics Management
- **Location:** 7100 Hazelwood Avenue, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, 63042
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee climbed a ladder to access an intake on top of a grinder machine and install new equipment. He was attempting to remove a bolt with a wrench when the wrench slipped off the bolt. The momentum of his body caused him to lose his balance and fall 6 feet to the concrete surface below, fracturing his left wrist and left leg.

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