# Fractures at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010651` · 1/22/2024 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 100 E. Oakton St., DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60018
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in parking lot in a shipping area and went to speak to a third-party driver. The employee fell on the icy sidewalk and suffered a closed fracture to the distal end of the lower left leg that required hospitalization.

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