ATMORE, ALABAMA—
Helena-Agri Enterprises, LLC
Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helena-Agri Enterprises, LLC , 116 West Sunset Dr., ATMORE, ALABAMA 36502 on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a wooden catwalk when the floor gave way resulting in the employee falling approximately 22 feet into a fertilizer bin with material about 5 feet high. The employee sustained a bruised lung and four broken ribs.
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A tool fell into a fertilizer conditioner. As an employee was retrieving the tool, the conditioner was activated; its paddle caught his hand and broke bones in it.
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An employee was on the ground unloading fertilizer when he tripped and fell over a cinder block that was on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.
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