# Fractures at International Equipment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024031969` · 3/4/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Roof surface
## Employer
- **Name:** International Equipment, Inc.
- **Location:** 7435 W. Talcott Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60631
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on a scaffold from one side of an upper roof to the other. He tripped and fell 20 feet to a lower roofline, suffering trauma and multiple fractures.

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