# Fractures at Briggs & Stratton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015097211` · 9/9/2015 · STATESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- **Location:** 7251 Zell Miller Parkway, STATESBORO, GEORGIA, 30458
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking back to the production area after leaving the break area when his foot or the edge of his pants got caught onto a pallet causing the employee to trip and fall to the concrete floor.  The employee broke a hip as a result of the fall.

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