# Fractures at Saputo USA - Friendship
> OSHA SIR `2025032486` · 3/15/2025 · FRIENDSHIP, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose and mouth
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Saputo USA - Friendship
- **Location:** 6701 County Road 20, FRIENDSHIP, NEW YORK, 14739
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee started the clean-in-place (CIP) cleaning cycle on a filler machine. They noticed there was no pre-rinse water flowing to the filler return tub. Upon troubleshooting the issue, the employee ascended a mobile platform (48 inches high) so they could access an end cap which was tri-clamped to a 2     stainless steel line. As they loosened the clamp, pressure in the line caused the end cap to blow off. The 2     stainless pipe struck the employee's face and caused them to fall off the platform. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured nose and top jaw, two black eyes, and a swollen face.

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