# Fractures at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015108121` · 10/30/2015 · CUMMING, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 340 WEST MAPLE STREET, CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30028
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee, performing inventory, was descending a platform ladder and slipped and fell.  The employee was admitted to the hospital for a compression fracture of the L1 vertebra.  The incident occurred on 10/29/15 at approximately 7:55 pm.

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