# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at TRUIMPH FOOD
> OSHA SIR `2025054709` · 5/19/2025 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other confined spaces  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TRUIMPH FOOD
- **Location:** 5302 Stockyards Expressway, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A pork processing employee was observing another worker performing maintenance on a machine which is used to stun pork for further processing. The machine is associated with a 15-foot deep pit for the stunned pork. The pit allows access to the underside of the machine. The injured employee fell off the ladder into the pit, resulting in a laceration and skin avulsion on the leg.

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