# Fractures at Frito - Lay Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032420` · 3/21/2016 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito - Lay Inc.
- **Location:** 51 Silver Spring St, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02904
- **NAICS:** 424450
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to enter the back of his delivery truck when he stepped on the dock plate, slipped, and fell, breaking his left hip. The dock plate was wet from the snow. He was hospitalized overnight.

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