# Fractures at Big Y Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021042837` · 4/5/2021 · PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Y Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1180 Thorndike Street, PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01069
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trailer checking the temperature of perishable goods when they tripped over a pallet and fell backward onto the concrete dock. The employee sustained a fractured wrist and two fractured fingers.

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