# Fractures at Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087536` · 8/10/2020 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 111 E. 34TH ST., CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spray-painting the ceiling and upper walls of a dock area. He was working from a heavy-duty plastic utility storage bin/box placed on the forks of a forklift. The box shifted, tossing him to the concrete floor about 9 feet below. He suffered broken ribs.

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