# Fractures at Mercury Marine Plant 17
> OSHA SIR `2021031852` · 3/1/2021 · FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Mercury Marine Plant 17
- **Location:** W6207 Pioneer Road, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54936
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a step ladder, trying to place a piece of scrap into a basket on a rack system. There was not sufficient clearance to put the pipe in, so the employee pulled the basket out. The basket fell against the ladder and tipped it; the employee fell about 6 feet to the floor below, and the basket landed on his foot. He suffered a broken foot, leg, and hip.

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