# Fractures at Berks Transfer, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088563` · 8/27/2025 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berks Transfer, Inc.
- **Location:** 59 Willow Creek Road, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing against the wall on the ledge of a dock while preparing to start work. He fell to ground below and landed on his feet upright, resulting in two fractured heels. The employee was hospitalized.

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