# Fractures at Mid-State Farmers COOp, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110449` · 11/6/2016 · OTIS, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-State Farmers COOp, Inc.
- **Location:** E HWY 4, OTIS, KANSAS, 67565
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up trash and putting it on the back of a truck. The employee rode on the back of the truck holding the trash while a coworker drove the truck to a dumpster a block away. The employee fell from the back of the truck to the road, suffering a head laceration and four broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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