# Fractures at C.K.S. PACKAGING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024064964` · 6/5/2024 · NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** C.K.S. PACKAGING, INC.
- **Location:** 10 Great hill Road, NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, 06770
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the filter on the blow back. He was using a ladder to help him get onto a platform. He fell from the ladder while holding the filter housings and fans. He struck his head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and a contusion to the head.

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