# Fractures at Anniston Army Depot
> OSHA SIR `2017032938` · 3/30/2017 · WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Anniston Army Depot
- **Location:** Wilmington Port Safety, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 28404
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working on a railhead and loading railcars. As he was pulling himself up on a railcar, he slipped and fell off, fracturing his right femur.

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