# Fractures at HON COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016032493` · 3/23/2016 · CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** HON COMPANY
- **Location:** 907 WEST AVENUE, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, 30125
- **NAICS:** 337214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a cardboard corner post on a pallet. He was using his right leg as leverage on the pallet. As he was bending the corner post, it released, and the pallet slipped out from under his foot. He fell back onto the concrete floor, breaking his left hip bone.

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