MAPLETON, ILLINOIS—
Growmark, Inc.
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Growmark, Inc., 11122 Terminal Rd., MAPLETON, ILLINOIS 61547 on — Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
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Final narrative
An employee was accessing the top of a river barge with a portable ladder. The employee fell from the ladder, suffering a broken bone in the shoulder area.
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