# Fractures at Verhoff Alfalfa Mills, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054462` · 5/18/2023 · OTTAWA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Verhoff Alfalfa Mills, Inc.
- **Location:** 1188 Sugarmill Drive, OTTAWA, OHIO, 45875
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing the loading platform ladder to load a semi-trailer. The employee lost his footing and fell over 6 feet to the surface below. The employee sustained a skull fracture.

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