# Fractures at Peco Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066056` · 6/15/2019 · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 625 S Allen St, BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A sanitizing crew was in the picking room and had removed the drain grates in the floor to clean. While the crew was cleaning in the picking area, a maintenance employee entered the picking area. As the maintenance employee was walking to the equipment needing maintenance, he tripped in an open drain. He fell and tried to catch himself, fracturing the radius and ulna of his left arm.

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