Fractures

Name: Fractures at Tyson Foods
Start: 10/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161010182 · 10/29/2016 · Tyson Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Grates and drains in floor surface

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods
Location: 5505 Jefferson Pkwy, WHITE HALL, ARKANSAS, 71602
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was backing up to load some product into condemn barrels, but did not see the open drain and fell into it. The pallet jack ran over his right leg causing a compound fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown