# Fractures at Werner Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023098149` · 9/5/2023 · CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Werner Co.
- **Location:** 420 E. Terra Cotta Ave, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS, 60014
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking parts onto a small pallet on top of a pallet jack when the weight of the pallet caused the lift to slightly tip. The pallet and parts fell off the lift and onto the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg/foot that required hospitalization.

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