# Fractures at Pilgrims Pride
> OSHA SIR `2016098821` · 9/17/2016 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride
- **Location:** P. O. Box 1268, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While replacing some broken parts on top of an auger, an employee slipped and fell approximately 59 inches to the concrete below, breaking four vertebrae and two ribs.

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