# Fractures at Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2025088658` · 8/29/2025 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trash compactors, shredders
## Employer
- **Name:** Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp.
- **Location:** 2603 N 24th St, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62305
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping trash into a compactor when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet into the trash compactor. The compactor was not in use at the time. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

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