# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Butterball, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021043` · 2/4/2021 · OZARK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by physical contact during horseplay
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Butterball, LLC
- **Location:** 307 Dodgen Pl., OZARK, ARKANSAS, 72949
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was on break in the hallway and engaged in horseplay with another employee. As the employee turned to run, he lost his footing and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury requiring surgery.

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