# Fractures at Riceland Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `20221110224` · 11/21/2022 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Manlifts
## Employer
- **Name:** Riceland Foods Inc
- **Location:** 216 North Gee Street, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to mount a manlift when it caught their abdomen and pinned the employee between the lift and the wall, lifting him up and wedging him between the lift and the ceiling. The employee sustained abdominal abrasions and contusions as well as a fractured thoracic vertebra.

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