# Fractures at Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065554` · 6/21/2024 · MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 617 S D Street, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 21, 2024, a maintenance employee was setting up a palletizing machine preparing for the plant to resume production following a planned shutdown. The employee attempted to correct the machine's location by kicking it into position. The employee lost their balance and fell to the floor, fracturing their pelvis. The employee was hospitalized.

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