Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bar-S Foods Co., 500 South Bar-S Blvd, ALTUS, OKLAHOMA 73521
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the blender auger and slipped and fell, hitting the framework of the equipment and fracturing ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersFloor, n.e.c.
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