# Fractures at Republic Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022021245` · 2/9/2022 · LONE JACK, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Animal carcass, roadkill
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Foods
- **Location:** 1921 W US -50, LONE JACK, MISSOURI, 64070
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming the snout of a beef carcass with a butcher knife when the tendon that was securing the carcass to the holding area snapped, causing the carcass to fall and land on top of employee. The employee suffered a broken bone in the neck.

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