# Fractures at K&W Materials and Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210893` · 12/18/2021 · WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** K&W Materials and Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 138 Palmer Ave., WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01089
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During sort line operations, an employee stepped onto an operating conveyor belt, which caused them to fall approximately 14 feet to the floor below. The employee sustained fractures to both feet and an ankle.

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