# Dislocations at Ball Horticultural Company
> OSHA SIR `20241110242` · 11/2/2024 · ELBURN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable stairs
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ball Horticultural Company
- **Location:** 1S861 Green Road, ELBURN, ILLINOIS, 60119
- **NAICS:** 115112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the top of a set of rolling staircase and cleaning insect screens when they slipped on the stairs and fell to the ground. The employee sustained right and left shoulder dislocations as well as a laceration to their left leg.

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