# Fractures at Thermo Fisher Scientific
> OSHA SIR `2022043576` · 4/26/2022 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **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:** Thermo Fisher Scientific
- **Location:** 7554 Schantz Road, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped on the edge of a pallet in the production room and fell to the floor resulting in in-patient hospitalization for facial fractures.

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