# Fractures at Catigny Foundation
> OSHA SIR `2018043713` · 4/18/2018 · WHEATON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Catigny Foundation
- **Location:** 1S151 Winfield Road, WHEATON, ILLINOIS, 60189
- **NAICS:** 813211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 18, 2018, an employee was standing on a bale of hay while restacking straw in a barn when the straw bales moved, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He hit a railing as he fell and landed on the other side, breaking ribs and requiring surgery.

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