# Fractures at HongYuan Global Metal Packaging Co., LTD
> OSHA SIR `2023109185` · 10/5/2023 · VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** HongYuan Global Metal Packaging Co., LTD
- **Location:** 888 Forest Edge Drive, VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS, 60061
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift pushed a pallet of metal sheets onto a slitter machine. An employee came to push the pallet forward by hand so the machine could grab onto it. When he pushed it, the pallet broke causing the metal sheets to move backward toward the employee. The sheets slid down onto his left leg causing a fracture to the ankle.

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