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Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. in BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA
Employer Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. Report ID 20161211937
Address 6000 Duda Rd. City, State ZIP BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA 33430
Event Date December 26, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary Source Liquids, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 111219 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 26.68000, -80.67000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning radishes. The employee slipped on the wet platform floor and fell three feet striking a pipe. The employee sustained an injury to the right side of the chest that may require surgery.

Incident Summary

On December 26, 2016, a worker at Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. in BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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