# Fractures at VSM Abrasives Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025010218` · 1/7/2025 · O FALLON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** VSM Abrasives Corporation
- **Location:** 1012 East Wabash Street, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot and fell, suffering five broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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