# Fractures at J.M. Smucker Company
> OSHA SIR `2022021118` · 2/7/2022 · RIPON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** J.M. Smucker Company
- **Location:** 1050 Stanton Road, RIPON, WISCONSIN, 54971
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 7, 2022, an employee was cutting plastic straps off a pallet of cardboard. The employee was pulling on a strap that was stuck when it abruptly came apart, causing the employee to fall on the floor and fracture a wrist. The employee was hospitalized for an adverse reaction to the prescribed medication.

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