# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Mars, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021008` · 2/1/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Mars, Inc.
- **Location:** 1132 West Blackhawk Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60642
- **NAICS:** 311351
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:30 a.m. on February 1, 2024, an employee was descending an indoor stairwell when they fell to the floor. The employee suffered an injury to a vertebra and was hospitalized.

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