RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS - TYSON FOODS, INC.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet - Intracranial injuries, unspecified - CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas
| Employer | RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS - TYSON FOODS, INC. |
| Address | 1238 Market Street |
| City, State ZIP | CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas 72830 |
| Report ID | 2016065502 |
| Event Date | June 21, 2016 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Intracranial injuries, unspecified |
| Body Part | Brain |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| Source of Injury | Scaffolds-staging, unspecified |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311613 |
| GPS Coordinates | 35.44893, -93.45653 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was observing a coworker while on a platform used to load fat or mill to tanker trucks when he fell from an elevation of 10 to 12 feet to the concrete surface below. He suffered a head injury.
Incident Summary
On June 21, 2016, a worker at RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS - TYSON FOODS, INC. in CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas suffered intracranial injuries, unspecified to the brain. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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