# Fractures at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010702` · 1/21/2019 · ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Wiscold Dr, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS, 61068
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were troubleshooting a 750-pound dock plate that was standing vertically in the air. The plate fell onto one of the employees, breaking bones in the right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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