# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Cal-Maine Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022043542` · 4/25/2022 · CHASE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cal-Maine Foods Inc
- **Location:** 625 Ave K, CHASE, KANSAS, 67524
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping troubleshoot a relief valve that controlled a safety rail. The employee was descending a ladder on a feed truck when the relief valve was released. The pneumatic rail amputated the employee's right thumb, which caused the employee to fall 4.5 feet to the concrete floor and suffer broken vertebrae and head lacerations.

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