# Fractures at TYSON FOODS
> OSHA SIR `20171010232` · 10/25/2017 · GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS
- **Location:** 601 TYSON DRIVE, GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS, 72638
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a pallet jack when he struck a floor grate, which caused the jack to stop abruptly. He was ejected and struck the floor of the debone cooler. He was hospitalized with a left hip fracture and abrasions to his left elbow.

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