# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at DK Manufacturing Lancaster, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098849` · 9/15/2017 · LANCASTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** DK Manufacturing Lancaster, Inc.
- **Location:** 2118 COMMERCE STREET, LANCASTER, OHIO, 43130
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 15, 2017, an employee climbed onto a trash compactor to clear a jam and fell approximately five feet to the concrete surface below the compactor. The employee lost consciousness, suffered a seizure, fractured ribs and a wrist, and lacerated the spleen.

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