# Fractures at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021326` · 2/9/2017 · RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 15900 HIGHWAY 15 N, RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI, 38663
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to sweep the floor with a push broom when he stepped on the broom, slipped, and fell, fracturing his left hip.

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