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Benchmark Foam, Inc.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip — Fractures — WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Benchmark Foam, Inc. in WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer Benchmark Foam, Inc. Report ID 2025076408
Address 401 Pheasant Ridge Drive City, State ZIP WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA 57201
Event Date July 2, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Hip joint(s)
Event Type Fall on same level due to slip or trip Source of Injury Other constructed surface
Secondary Source Scales
Industry (NAICS) 326140 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 44.89000, -97.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee was stacking used cardboard onto a pallet in the shipping and receiving area when he tripped over the scale by the loading dock door. The employee fell to the concrete floor and was hospitalized with a fractured left hip that required surgery.

Incident Summary

On July 2, 2025, a worker at Benchmark Foam, Inc. in WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered fractures to the hip joint(s). The incident was classified as fall on same level due to slip or trip, with other constructed surface identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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