# Bruises, contusions at Frito Lay, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010022` · 1/3/2016 · DAYVILLE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito Lay, Inc.
- **Location:** 1886 Upper Maple Street, DAYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06241
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 3, 2016, an employee was using a manual pallet jack. The forks were not completely under the pallet being towed. When the employee tugged on the pallet jack, the brakes went on and the employee fell to the ground. She suffered a contusion to her right hip and was hospitalized.

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