# Fractures at WORLDS FINEST CHOCOLATE
> OSHA SIR `2025054511` · 5/13/2025 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WORLDS FINEST CHOCOLATE
- **Location:** 4801 S Lawndale Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 311320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going down a ramp to a basement to assist in cleanup efforts. The ramp had been closed to vehicle traffic all day, as it was slippery. The employee was halfway down the ramp when a forklift drove onto it, then slid down the ramp and struck him. The employee suffered a spinal fracture and was hospitalized.

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