# Fractures at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021562` · 2/17/2020 · LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 S. Plum Creek Parkway, LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA, 68850
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a pit when a shackle fell from overhead and struck the employee. The employee sustained a back fracture.

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