# Fractures at BOARS HEAD PROVISIONS CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171212270` · 12/28/2017 · FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BOARS HEAD PROVISIONS CO., INC.
- **Location:** 2530 W. BROADWAY (HWY. 70), FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, 72335
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The vat tilter was in the raised position while an employee cleaned the floor around it. It unexpectedly lost pressure and struck the employee resulting in fractured vertebrae, nerve damage to the neck and left arm and other fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

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