# Fractures at JM Smucker Company
> OSHA SIR `2020098609` · 9/10/2020 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bands
## Employer
- **Name:** JM Smucker Company
- **Location:** 5204 Spring Grove Ave, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45217
- **NAICS:** 311512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band to pull pallets of cans off a truck when the band snapped, causing the employee to fall backwards onto the floor. The employee suffered a fractured left arm and hand.

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