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Sharum's Garden Center NWA, Inc.

Sudden start or stop, nonroadway — Fractures — SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Sharum's Garden Center NWA, Inc. in SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
Employer Sharum's Garden Center NWA, Inc. Report ID 2016032432
Address 750 South Maestri Road City, State ZIP SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS 72762
Event Date March 24, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Sudden start or stop, nonroadway Source of Injury Industrial tractor
Industry (NAICS) 444220 Inspection # 1137852
GPS Coordinates 36.16000, -94.21000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading a pallet of pavers from a semi-truck with a tractor. The pallet of pavers shifted forward and fell off the tractor, causing it to jerk backward. The jerking of the tractor caused the neck of the employee to whip back, fracturing his C5 vertebrae. He experienced numbness in both arms and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On March 24, 2016, a worker at Sharum's Garden Center NWA, Inc. in SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as sudden start or stop, nonroadway, with industrial tractor identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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