# Fractures at Hooper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024098975` · 9/25/2024 · DEFOREST, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Hooper Corporation
- **Location:** 6400 Pederson Crossing Blvd., DEFOREST, WISCONSIN, 53532
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading HVAC components onto the back of a flatbed truck using a forklift. The employee got onto the flatbed to adjust/position the pallet to make room for a second pallet. The materials on top of the pallet shifted and moved toward the employee. The employee then jumped off the flatbed to the pavement four feet below, resulting in a fractured left tibia.

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