Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Simmons Foods Inc., John Paul Farm, ANDERSON, MISSOURI 64831
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Final narrative
An employee was walking from one chicken house to another when he slipped on tall, damp grass and fell to the sloped ground landing on his back and neck. The employee sustained a neck injury that required surgery.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck Ground
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