# Fractures at HERSHEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015107559` · 10/10/2015 · MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Cages, cage racks
## Employer
- **Name:** HERSHEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY
- **Location:** 301 Longview drive, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17057
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell through a hole in the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor and landed onto a set of chicken cages.  The employee broke two ribs and sustained a fracture in the upper neck.

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