# Fractures at Univeral Truckload Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015041800` · 4/7/2015 · STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Univeral Truckload Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 3030 S. Sylvania Avenue, STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN, 53177
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unhooking the air hoses and components of a tractor trailer so he could separate the trailer from the tractor semi-truck. As he stepped down from unhooking the components, he missed the second step and fell to the ground, breaking his left hip. The employee was hospitalized and underwent hip surgery.

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