# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Packaging Corporation of America Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076716` · 7/24/2024 · JACKSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America Inc.
- **Location:** 4585 Industrial Road, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with lubrication of machinery in a controlled area. The employee was looking up at a chain, stepped backward, and fell into the "broke hole" that rejected paper falls in to go to the broke conveyor. The employee fell 9 feet to the broke conveyor and was hospitalized for a fractured hip and separated shoulder.

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