# Fractures at Acura Construction
> OSHA SIR `2017088306` · 8/29/2017 · LEMONT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Acura Construction
- **Location:** 11400 Old Lemont Road, LEMONT, ILLINOIS, 60439
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing concrete wall blocks on a step-down trailer. As he was throwing a chain over the load, he lost his footing, fell to the lower deck, and then hit the ground. He broke his hip and was hospitalized.

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