# Fractures at Balchem Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024087906` · 8/26/2024 · BRIDGETON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack riding
## Employer
- **Name:** Balchem Corporation
- **Location:** 231 Rock Industrial Drive, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 311930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a walkie pallet jack from a pallet in the freezer. As he was dislodging the pallet jack forks that were stuck under the wood pallet, he lost his footing and was spun around landing on the concrete floor underneath the racking. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

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