CHS Eastern Farmers Cooperative

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. — WORTHING, SOUTH DAKOTA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at CHS Eastern Farmers Cooperative in WORTHING, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer CHS Eastern Farmers Cooperative Report ID 20161110575
Address 47017 SD Hwy 44 City, State ZIP WORTHING, SOUTH DAKOTA 57077
Event Date November 10, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Body Part Multiple trunk locations
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Ladders-fixed
Industry (NAICS) 424510 Inspection # 1193541
GPS Coordinates 43.32000, -96.78000

Incident Narrative

After checking sulfur levels in a fertilizer building, an employee fell while descending a fixed wooden ladder and sustained a broken pelvis, broken ribs, broken C-3 vertebra, and internal bleeding as a result of the fall.

Incident Summary

On November 10, 2016, a worker at CHS Eastern Farmers Cooperative in WORTHING, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the multiple trunk locations. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with ladders-fixed identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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