# Fractures at National Oil Well Varco
> OSHA SIR `2015107866` · 10/21/2015 · SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
## 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:** National Oil Well Varco
- **Location:** 500 Industrial Road, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, 77478
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was walking, tripped over a wooden pallet, and fell breaking his hip.

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