# Fractures at Rowell Chemical Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024054541` · 5/23/2024 · WILLOW SPRINGS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Tanker trucks
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Rowell Chemical Corporation
- **Location:** 10100 Archer Avenue, WILLOW SPRINGS, ILLINOIS, 60480
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been loading a tanker truck. While handing the driver some paperwork, the employee fell off the driver-side steps to the pavement below and broke their left hip.

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