# Fractures at Sipi Metals Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2023109756` · 10/23/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sipi Metals Corp.
- **Location:** 1720 N. ELSTON AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60622
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 23, 2023, an employee was on a ladder using a fire extinguisher to put out a fire in the chopper machine. The employee fell approximately 4 feet from the ladder to the floor, resulting in three fractured ribs on the right side and a broken tailbone.

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