Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Country Visions Cooperative, W13134 County Road KK, RIPON, WISCONSIN 54971
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Multiple internal chest locations.
Final narrative
On May 28, 2025, an employee was working to fill a farmer's converted grain truck that had a liquid tank on the bed of the truck. The employee was getting up on the back on the truck and reached for the handle of a door. The door was not secured and the employee fell backward about 4 feet to the ground. He sustained a punctured lung and five broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
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