# Fractures at Akrotex Trucking, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087107` · 8/2/2016 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Akrotex Trucking, Inc.
- **Location:** 1804 Austin Street, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder when his right foot slipped. He fell approximately 2 to 3 feet from the third step from the bottom to the concrete floor, breaking his right hip.

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