# Fractures at Ralph Clayton & Sons - West Creek Plant
> OSHA SIR `2021075864` · 7/17/2021 · TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ralph Clayton & Sons - West Creek Plant
- **Location:** 100 Commerce Drive, TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY, 07701
- **NAICS:** 327310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder clearing a conveyor belt. A large piece of material fell from the conveyor belt and struck the ladder causing the ladder and the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae.

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