# Fractures at Dot Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054690` · 5/26/2023 · MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Dot Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Dot Way, MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS, 62353
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 26, 2023, at approximately 2:30 AM, a sanitation employee was picking up a cardboard box in the freezer and slipped on black ice. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle that required surgery.

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