# Fractures at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032200` · 3/5/2018 · HOLCOMB, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
- **Secondary source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
- **Location:** 3105 N. IBP Road, HOLCOMB, KANSAS, 67851
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing meat down a rail system when a beef carcass fell off its hooks and fractured the employee's ankle, requiring hospitalization.

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