# Fractures at Euro Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099172` · 9/4/2019 · FREELAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Euro Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 2008 State Route 940, FREELAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 18224
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

In the raw meat department, an employee stepped up onto a machine's lift platform that was less than 3 feet high. The employee slipped off the platform and fell onto his back. The employee sustained broken rib(s) and was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*