# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Northern Orchard Co, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087834` · 8/24/2024 · PERU, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Orchard Co, Inc.
- **Location:** 537 Union Road, PERU, NEW YORK, 12972
- **NAICS:** 111331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scissor lift to paint piping. The employee finished painting, lowered the lift, unlatched the chain on the back, and was standing on the top step of the ladder that is used to access the work platform. The lift raised approximately 6 feet into the air and the employee fell onto the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a concussion and a neck fracture requiring hospitalization.

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