# Fractures at IMS Engineered Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010921` · 1/31/2022 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** IMS Engineered Products, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Innovation Drive, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60016
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 31, 2022, a temporary employee was turning a pallet jack. During the turn, the material started to tilt. A second temporary employee attempted to catch the tipping skids and falling material, but they were crushed by the falling material. The employee sustained two broken ankles, a broken rib, a broken wrist, and a broken knee.

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