# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at Metro Staff, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107288` · 10/1/2015 · MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple pelvic region locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Metro Staff, Inc.
- **Location:** 900 Knell Rd., MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS, 60538
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Thursday October 1, 2015, at the Suncast Distribution Center in Montgomery, Illinois, an employee was bent over working. Coworkers nearby were manually breaking down double-stacked pallets with boxed products. The last box (weighing 208 pounds) on the top of a double-stacked pallet shifted and fell onto the employee from overhead. The employee suffered a closed fracture to the pelvis, femoral vein damage, a pelvic hematoma, and a lower body injury.

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