# Fractures at Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076291` · 7/12/2024 · MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 N. 25th Ave., MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee collected a bundle from a tower on a forklift. The employee was moving away from the falling load, resulting in a fractured pelvis and left knee.

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