# Fractures at Performance Pallet Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021054025` · 5/17/2021 · SEYMOUR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Pallet Corp.
- **Location:** 112 N Mainline Drive, SEYMOUR, WISCONSIN, 54165
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing quality control on an 8-foot stack of pallets while standing on a 4-foot ladder. The employee was using an air hose to blow dust off of the pallets. The air hose was wrapped around the ladder. When the employee tugged on the air hose, they fell off the ladder onto the ground and fractured their forearm.

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