# Fractures at Tyson Fresh Meats
> OSHA SIR `2016087088` · 8/1/2016 · DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats
- **Location:** 5200 IBP Ave, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68731
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a portable stand rehanging beef in the cooler when the stand was bumped, causing the employee to fall to the floor below and suffer a fractured L2 vertebra.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*