# Fractures at United-County Industries Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016021820` · 2/26/2016 · MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** United-County Industries Corporation
- **Location:** 32 Howe Ave, MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01527
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at the pipe threading machine. As the employee walked away from the machine, he tripped over a tripod leg of the machine and fell breaking the left hip.

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