# Fractures at THE NEWARK GROUP, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032665` · 3/18/2018 · FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Paper, sheets
## Employer
- **Name:** THE NEWARK GROUP, INC.
- **Location:** 100 NEWARK WAY, FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, 01420
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting as paper was being fed off a spool at the end of a paper reel into a dry end pulper. As the paper on the spool came to an end, the employee stepped onto the moving paper. As a result, his feet came out from underneath him and he fell fracturing his pelvis.

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