# Fractures at Rice Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021208` · 2/9/2021 · ELLINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Rice Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 356 Somers Road, ELLINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06029
- **NAICS:** 322212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A machine operator was walking around a machine to do a quality check of finished product. He turned a corner, stepped on a broom, and fell onto a chair sustaining a cracked rib.

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