# Fractures at AVNET, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020054701` · 5/20/2020 · HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** AVNET, INC.
- **Location:** 5400 Prairie Stone Parkway, HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS, 60192
- **NAICS:** 423690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a rolling chair, watering plants. The chair slid out from the employee, who fell to the floor and suffered an L1 back fracture.

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