# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Cutco Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2025077212` · 7/24/2025 · OLEAN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** Cutco Corp.
- **Location:** 1116 East State Street, OLEAN, NEW YORK, 14760
- **NAICS:** 332215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were upgrading lighting fixtures in the accounting offices. The injured employee was on a ladder working on a ceiling light fixture. He came into contact with the metal grating surrounding the fixture and sustained an electrical shock that caused him to lose balance and fall approximately 3 to 4 feet to the floor. The injured employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a torn rotator cuff.

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