# Fractures at Kohler Co.
> OSHA SIR `20211210481` · 12/7/2021 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohler Co.
- **Location:** N7650 Lake Shore Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53083
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walked to the truck dock to access the back of his freight truck when his foot caught the edge of a pallet with a battery on it, causing him to trip and fall across the battery on the pallet. The employee suffered five broken ribs.

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