JONESBORO, ARKANSAS—
Riceland Foods Inc
Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to mount a manlift when it caught their abdomen and pinned the employee between the lift and the wall, lifting him up and wedging him between the lift and the ceiling. The employee sustained abdominal abrasions and contusions as well as a fractured thoracic vertebra.
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