# Fractures at COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015118827` · 11/21/2015 · MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY
- **Location:** 191 EAST HANOVER AVE., MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY, 07960
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped, fell, and broke his wrist in an attempt to adjust boxes on a pallet that was on the palletizer.

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