# Fractures at Domtar Paper Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088824` · 8/25/2019 · ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Domtar Paper Company, LLC
- **Location:** 285 Highway 71 South, ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS, 71822
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a scissor lift to access and repair a damaged valve. The employees were approximately 12 feet above the floor. Employee 1 was using a pipe wrench to open the valve when the gasket failed. Hot, production fluid sprayed both employees in the lift, blocking access to the scissor lift controls. Employee 2 climbed over the rail and down the scissors to the ground. Employee 2 sustained first and second degree burns to the face and scalp, was treated and released. Employee 1 fell out of the lift and sustained multiple orbital fractures, a fractured sternum, a broken knee cap, and a laceration to the forehead. Employee 1 was hospitalized.

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