# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Producers Rice Mill, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20241110861` · 11/21/2024 · STUTTGART, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Producers Rice Mill, Inc
- **Location:** 518 East Harrison Street, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 21, 2024, at approximately 7:55 a.m., an employee was getting onto a manlift on the fourth floor while holding two scoop shovels. As he stepped onto the lift, the shovels got caught on the floor, causing him to slip off the step and grab the floor. The employee fell to the concrete third floor, resulting in 4 fractured right ribs and 3 fractured left ribs. He also dislocated his right shoulder.

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