# Bruises, contusions at Heartland Catfish Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010201` · 1/7/2023 · ITTA BENA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Heartland Catfish Company
- **Location:** 55001 U.S. 82, ITTA BENA, MISSISSIPPI, 38941
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a pallet elevated by a forklift and was counting inventory in a freezer. The employee slipped and fell from the forklift and struck his head on the concrete floor 8 to 10 feet below. The employee sustained a knot on his head and a neck injury.

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