# Fractures at Ingredion Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2020076182` · 7/2/2020 · BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingredion Incorporated
- **Location:** 10 Finderne Avenue, BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY, 08807
- **NAICS:** 541710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee finished cleaning the feeder from the extruder line and was descending a step ladder. The ladder moved unexpectedly, causing the employee to lose balance and fall. The employee's left ring finger contacted a slowly rotating agitator resulting in a broken bone and lacerated tendon.

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