# Fractures at Blain's Farm & Fleet
> OSHA SIR `2024032087` · 3/7/2024 · ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Blain's Farm & Fleet
- **Location:** 451 S. Weber Road, ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60446
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unpacking merchandise from a pallet to a shopping cart on the sales floor. He stepped backward and tripped over the corner of the pallet or a grey tote and fell to the floor, resulting in a skull fracture.

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