# Fractures at Auto Warehousing Company
> OSHA SIR `2017010056` · 1/4/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Auto Warehousing Company
- **Location:** 13227 South Torrence Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60633
- **NAICS:** 423120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scanning vehicles on a rail car and was descending a ladder when he lost his balance and fell approximately 12 to 14 feet to the concrete surface below. He broke his left hand, left wrist, left hip, and two ribs.

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