# Fractures at Tyson Poultry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023031997` · 3/3/2023 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Poultry Inc.
- **Location:** 600 North Berry Street, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 3, 2023, at 9:15 AM, a maintenance employee was using an 8-foot step ladder to hang plastic in the packout area to keep rain water from dripping in production areas. They fell an unknown distance from the ladder to the production floor. The employee sustained a fractured right wrist and multiple fractures on the right side of their head/face including a fractured orbital bone.

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