# Fractures at Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043818` · 4/13/2019 · SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Campus Drive, SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, 08873
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 13, 2019, an employee was descending a 16-foot fixed ladder after replacing filters on an extraction system. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor 6 feet below, breaking his right arm in two places. A safety harness was not being worn at the time.

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