# Cuts, lacerations at Pilgrims Corp
> OSHA SIR `20171110948` · 11/14/2017 · LUFKIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Elevator shafts
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Corp
- **Location:** 1800 W. Frank Street, LUFKIN, TEXAS, 75904
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a load of chicken on a rolling rack into a freight elevator. When he began to push the product into the elevator, he did not notice that the carriage was not there. The product/rack and the employee fell into the elevator. He fell 16 feet, 10 inches, hitting the product before rolling onto the concrete below. He was hospitalized with possible broken ribs, as well as lacerations on the back and left side of his head above the ear. The elevator's limit switch was not working correctly at the time of the incident.

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