# Fractures at Wahl Clipper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021042941` · 4/8/2021 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wahl Clipper Corporation
- **Location:** 2900 N. LOCUST STREET, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 335210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a stepladder by a press, clearing a jam from a conveyor. A robotic arm knocked him from the stepladder to the ground. He struck his head and suffered a broken wrist.

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