Riceland Foods, Inc.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Fractures — STUTTGART, ARKANSAS
| Employer | Riceland Foods, Inc. | Report ID | 2020032126 |
| Address | 1200 North Park Avenue | City, State ZIP | STUTTGART, ARKANSAS 72160 |
| Event Date | March 5, 2020 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures | Body Part | Pelvis |
| Event Type | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Source of Injury | Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 424510 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.49000, -91.54000 | ||
Incident Narrative
Employee 1 was using a front-end loader inside a concrete storage bin to scoop up a boulder of burnt soybeans that had clumped together. Employee 1 could not scoop the boulder into the front-end loader's bucket. The confined space attendant and a supervisor went into the storage bin to assist the front-end loader in scooping the boulder into its bucket. Another soybean boulder, weighing approximately 100 pounds, fell down and hit the attendant and the supervisor and they both sustained fractures to the pelvis. One employee was hospitalized.
Incident Summary
On March 5, 2020, a worker at Riceland Foods, Inc. in STUTTGART, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the pelvis. The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with containers-variable restraint, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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