# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at The Jel Sert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023021074` · 2/2/2023 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Jel Sert Co.
- **Location:** 501 Conde Street, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were building pallets using reworked product. They collided as one of them stepped back and the other turned around. The injured employee fell on his right side, sustaining injuries to the right knee and hip. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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