# Fractures at MPP Group of Companies, Inc. dba Illinois MPP
> OSHA SIR `2022021566` · 2/17/2022 · DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** MPP Group of Companies, Inc. dba Illinois MPP
- **Location:** 1135 Industrial Park Blvd., DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS, 62832
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the racking area. While walking beside a steel cart, wire flats slid off the cart and struck the employee's lower left leg, resulting in a fracture about 6 inches above his ankle.

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