GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Koch Foods of Gadsden LLC
Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Koch Foods of Gadsden LLC, 501 Paden Road, GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35903 on — Fractures, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was completing an inventory when the entire second floor where she was working collapsed beneath her. She fell and landed on construction material, fracturing her neck and requiring hospitalization.
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