# Fractures at Fieldale Farms Corp
> OSHA SIR `2017065302` · 6/9/2017 · BALDWIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fieldale Farms Corp
- **Location:** 555 Broiler Blvd., BALDWIN, GEORGIA, 30511
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had washed a truck in a truck wash bay and was preparing to refuel the diesel exhaust fluid. He stepped into the truck to check the odometer, lost his footing, and fell backward onto the shop floor, fracturing his left forearm.

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