# Fractures at Groot Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098423` · 9/30/2021 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Groot Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1330 Gasket Drive, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60120
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 20, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., an employee was retrieving his tools that were on top of a flatbed truck. The employee climbed down a 3-foot fixed ladder fixed when he fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a left leg fracture.

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