# Fractures and dislocations at General Pallet Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022087623` · 8/26/2022 · ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Pallet Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 36 Pine St., ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY, 07866
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After loading a 53-foot drop-deck flatbed trailer with pallets and strapping them down, an employee climbed onto the flatbed, then lost his balance and fell off. He suffered a dislocated ankle and facial fractures and was hospitalized.

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