# Fractures at Vargas Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043030` · 4/5/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Constructed surface irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Vargas Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 3116 W Belden Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60647
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 5, 2024, an employee was disposing of refuse at a job site. After placing an item in a refuse can, the employee turned and stepped on a uneven, modified stair. She fell to the concrete ground and sustained fractured pelvis and was hospitalized.

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