# Fractures at Lory Fruit Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098914` · 9/24/2024 · YORK SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lory Fruit Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Bonners Hill Road, YORK SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA, 17372
- **NAICS:** 111331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a step ladder picking apples from a dwarf apple tree while holding a bag weighing approximately 35 pounds. The employee slipped and fell approximately 4.5 feet to the ground, resulting in a fracture to the lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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