OSHA Injury Report: Darling Ingredients - Linkwood

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Getting out of the yard dog

What happened

Employee was found laying unconscious and bleeding from his nose next to a jockey truck in the blood unloading area by a yard driver passing by on a forklift. EMS was called to the scene and were able to wake the employee and transported him to the emergency room in [REDACTED]. After examining the employee and running x-rays the medical provider found that he suffered a skull fracture on the right side of his head had a brain bleed and also suffered a broken clavicle on the left side of his body. The employee is being submitted to the ICU unit at this time. They intend to x-ray him again at a later time to see if they could determine whether the bleeding has stopped.

Injury or illness

Fractured skull brain bleed fractured clavicle

Object or substance involved

The ground

Summary line

Fractured skull brain bleed fractured clavicle from falling off a jockey truck

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.