# Fractures at Black Gold Farms, A Cooperative Association
> OSHA SIR `2020054564` · 5/16/2020 · DELHI, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Black Gold Farms, A Cooperative Association
- **Location:** 2305 Highway 17, DELHI, LOUISIANA, 71232
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tasked with removing sweet potato plants from a trailer to be planted in the field. While the employee was climbing on the side of the parked trailer, the top side bracing bar of the trailer came off and the employee fell approximately 1 foot to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured back.

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