# Fractures at Berk International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023075953` · 7/5/2023 · BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berk International, LLC
- **Location:** 400 East 2nd Street, BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19512
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing and stacking boxes onto a pallet. As the employee walked past the machine, her foot was caught on a guard, causing her to trip and fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised hip and leg, as well as a vertebral fracture.

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