# Fractures at Tyson Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018010965` · 1/29/2018 · CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 3865 Hwy 35 North, CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI, 39051
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the forks of her forklift when a second forklift backed into hers, pinning her left arm between the two forklifts. Her left forearm broke and required surgery.

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