# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at GKN Aerospace
> OSHA SIR `2016021625` · 2/22/2016 · HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GKN Aerospace
- **Location:** 142 James S McDonnell Boulevard, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, 63042
- **NAICS:** 334511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blowing chips off parts and fixtures with compressed air in preparation for the next machine set up when he tripped and fell over a tooling post, injuring his hip and requiring surgery.

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