# Fractures at The Sherwin Williams Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010087` · 1/4/2024 · MATTESON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  jack-knifed or ran off driving surface
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
## Employer
- **Name:** The Sherwin Williams Company
- **Location:** 21901 S Central Ave, MATTESON, ILLINOIS, 60443
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 12:40 p.m. on January 4, 2023, an employee was operating a forklift in a dock area. As the employee backed the forklift out of a trailer, the trailer began to pull away and the forklift fell. The employee suffered broken ribs and a broken left collarbone and was hospitalized.

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