# Fractures at John Boos and Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024109473` · 10/11/2024 · EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** John Boos and Co.
- **Location:** 3601 S. Banker Street, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to dump a trash barrel into a dumpster. He raised the barrel with the forklift forks to clear the dumpster's edge, then stopped and stood up to get a better view. His head struck the outside bar of the forklift's upper safety rack, causing him to lose consciousness. He then fell to the concrete ground below and landed on the left side of his face. He suffered a broken neck vertebra, a scalp laceration, and scrapes to the left side of his face.

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