# Fractures at Green Bay Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2023076085` · 7/10/2023 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Green Bay Packaging
- **Location:** 6845 Packer Drive, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 322212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 10, 2023, an employee was crossing a conveyor line (11 3/4 inches high) at the crossovers/catwalks. As he stepped up onto the conveyor with his right foot and planted himself, he fell. His left knee hit the ground, while his chest landed on the conveyor line frame. He suffered seven broken ribs, four on the right side and three on the left side, below the sternum.

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