# Fractures at West-Ward Pharmaceutical Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20171110659` · 11/5/2017 · CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** West-Ward Pharmaceutical Corp.
- **Location:** 2 Easterbrook Lane, CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY, 08003
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was calibrating a scale on a compounding tank (where chemicals are mixed) while standing on a three-step ladder. While loosening up a connection on top of the tank, the employee fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, fracturing the left wrist and hip.

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