# Fractures at Tyson Food Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010844` · 1/24/2019 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Food Inc.
- **Location:** 2208 SE Stallings Dr., NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75961
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a catwalk, helping unload bone meal from a truck in a receiving area.  While trying to address a jam, the employee fell from the catwalk down the side of the truck, landing about 10 feet below and suffering a closed displaced fracture of the left patella.

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