# Fractures at Desert Downhole Tools
> OSHA SIR `2015031583` · 3/30/2015 · KNOTT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Desert Downhole Tools
- **Location:** Grantham #1, KNOTT, TEXAS, 79748
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking up the stairs of a work-over rig when he lost his footing and slipped. He landed on the ground at the bottom of the stairs and fractured his hip.

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