# Fractures at J. L. Gonzalez Produce, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098726` · 9/18/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** J. L. Gonzalez Produce, Inc.
- **Location:** 2404 S. Wolcott Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60608
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was loading product onto a pallet when he was struck in the back by a pallet of product being moved by employee 2. Employee 1 was pinned between the two pallets. When the pallets were moved to free employee 1, he fell to the floor. He sustained a compression fracture in the lumbar region of his spine.

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