# Fractures at Nestle USA, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022043300` · 4/15/2022 · FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nestle USA, Inc
- **Location:** 61 Jerseyville Avenue, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, 07728
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to lift a piece of equipment from the first floor of the prechill room to the second floor through a section of grating on hinges in the floor about 3 ft. by 6 ft. After the piece of the equipment had been lifted through the hole, the employee fell through the open space onto the floor 12 ft. below and suffered multiple fractures.

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