Producers Rice Mill, Inc.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet - Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. - GREENVILLE, Mississippi
| Employer | Producers Rice Mill, Inc. |
| Address | Hwy 82 W./ 105 Producers Drive |
| City, State ZIP | GREENVILLE, Mississippi 38701 |
| Report ID | 2015021083 |
| Event Date | February 3, 2015 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. |
| Body Part | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| Source of Injury | Conveyors-chain |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311212 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.38000, -91.05000 |
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Incident Narrative
Worker climbed a mobile ladder-platform; he then climbed over the ladder-platform guardrails onto a chain-driven paddle conveyor. He was trying to reach a gasket on a pipe feeding the conveyor. He was wearing a hard hat, but was not wearing personal fall-arrest equipment. As he tried to reach for the pipe gasket, he lost his balance and fell more than 11 feet to the concrete floor below, landing on his back along with the pipe. He was taken by ambulance to Northwest MS Medical Center-Greenville where he underwent surgery to remove his ruptured spleen. He was then transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson with the following additional injuries: fractured pelvis, fractured ribs, fractured shoulder blades, etc.
Incident Summary
On February 3, 2015, a worker at Producers Rice Mill, Inc. in GREENVILLE, Mississippi suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet, with conveyors-chain identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 1,098 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet injuries.
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