# Fractures at L. A. Darling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043081` · 4/8/2024 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
## Employer
- **Name:** L. A. Darling Company LLC
- **Location:** 1401 Hwy 49B North, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking near a brake press. He tripped and fell, at which point the brake press (which was moving downward) pulled him in and trapped him against a machine. The employee sustained a fractured neck, collarbone, and shoulder blade, as well as 11 fractured ribs and pelvic fractures.

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