# Fractures at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010028` · 1/3/2021 · HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
- **Location:** 28424 38th Ave N, HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS, 61257
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee working in a hot box area slipped on a buildup of ice on the floor. The employee fell backward and sustained a skull fracture resulting in hospitalization.

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