# Fractures at Welch Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054690` · 5/29/2024 · NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps
## Employer
- **Name:** Welch Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 139 South Lake Street, NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA, 16428
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through a walkway. He turned and tripped over a 6-inch step in front of the viewing window for the pressure vessel. The employee fell and struck his left arm on a pipe resulting in fracture.

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