Riceland Foods, Inc.

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures — GRUBBS, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Riceland Foods, Inc. in GRUBBS, ARKANSAS
Employer Riceland Foods, Inc. Report ID 2015031398
Address 102 East Darden St. City, State ZIP GRUBBS, ARKANSAS 72431
Event Date March 23, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Coccygeal region
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 311212 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 35.64000, -91.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee was removing a tarp on top of a rice pod when he slid down the pod and landed in a ditch filled with mud, fracturing his tailbone.

Incident Summary

On March 23, 2015, a worker at Riceland Foods, Inc. in GRUBBS, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the coccygeal region. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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