Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Prairieland FS, Inc., Rural Route, WOODSON, ILLINOIS 62695
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was transferring fertilizer from a tinder truck to a field applicator when he fell off of the field applicator. He was hospitalized with a broken collarbone and broken vertebrae in his neck.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Spreading machinery-agricultural
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