# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Tyson Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076138` · 7/5/2017 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Berry St, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to change a motor on an air compressor unit that was non-operational. As he attempted to disconnect the air hose, the coupler blew apart and struck him in the back of the head. He suffered multiple fractures and head trauma.

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