# Fractures at Spearfish Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2017087833` · 8/15/2017 · SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Spearfish Forest Products
- **Location:** 1510 West Oliver, SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57783
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a trimmer from a control panel when a chain came off the sprocket. After replacing the chain on the sprocket, he stepped out of the system, lost his footing, and fell 14 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken pelvis and back.

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