# Fractures at CSS Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098938` · 9/27/2023 · MINDEN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Farm tractor
## Employer
- **Name:** CSS Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 40.62945 N 99.10800 W, MINDEN, NEBRASKA, 68959
- **NAICS:** 111211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tractor in a potato field to pack down the soil. As the tractor tires drove over uneven soil, the tractor suspension moved abruptly, causing the enclosed operator seat compartment to also move. The employee was ejected from the seat and struck their head, arm and ribs inside the tractor compartment. The employee sustained a head and arm laceration as well as rib fractures.

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