# Fractures at Peoples Natural Gas
> OSHA SIR `2016031870` · 3/1/2016 · WEXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Peoples Natural Gas
- **Location:** 9844 Old Perry Highway, WEXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15090
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped onto an approximately 18-inch-tall retaining wall. The top cap block of the wall slid, causing the employee to fall and fracture his hip. He required surgery.

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