# Fractures at Tyson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020014004` · 6/8/2020 · SCRANTON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 7755 N HWY 393, SCRANTON, ARKANSAS, 72863
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder into an 18-wheeler trailer to change out the load level indicator. The leg of the ladder shifted and the employee fell approximately three feet into the trailer breaking their lower right leg.

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