# Fractures at Gem State Processing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110375` · 11/9/2023 · HEYBURN, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Grains, cereals, grain mill products
## Employer
- **Name:** Gem State Processing, LLC
- **Location:** 951 Hwy 30, HEYBURN, IDAHO, 83336
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable 8-foot ladder to perform work on a ricer auger under a cooker. He was removing auger bolts with an electric impact gun. The vibration from the bolt removal caused mash from the cooker to fall and burn his right forearm. He then fell from the ladder, landing on the ground 2 to 3 feet below and suffering two broken thoracic vertebrae.

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