# Fractures at Aurora Packing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076966` · 7/31/2024 · NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Aurora Packing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 125 S. Grant Street, NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60542
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a catwalk while repairing an auger. He lost his balance and fell approximately 12 feet to the floor. He was hospitalized with fractures to the skull and right arm.

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