# Fractures at Lornamead, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109428` · 10/12/2023 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Roofs, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lornamead, Inc.
- **Location:** 175 Cooper Avenue, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were changing a HEPA filter on top of a pre-weigh booth. The injured employee was unable to reach the housing from a scissor left. He went onto the roof of the booth to unscrew the housing from the old filter. When the injured employee shifted his weight, the roof collapsed. He fell to the floor inside the booth and sustained fractures to his wrists and hips.

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