# Fractures at CEDAR CREST VILLAGE
> OSHA SIR `2018088586` · 8/20/2018 · POMPTON PLAINS, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Curbs
## Employer
- **Name:** CEDAR CREST VILLAGE
- **Location:** ONE CEDAR CREST DRIVE, POMPTON PLAINS, NEW JERSEY, 07444
- **NAICS:** 623990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chair dolly to remove stacked chairs from a box truck onto a loading dock. While backing out of the truck, his right foot stepped into a void off the right side of the truck. He then fell 4 feet off the dock onto a concrete curb and the chairs fell on top of him. He suffered three broken ribs on the right side, a cut to the forehead, and a nose laceration.

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