# Fractures at Renaissance Hotel Operating Company
> OSHA SIR `2017098774` · 9/13/2017 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Renaissance Hotel Operating Company
- **Location:** 501 5th Avenue NE, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33701
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was walking up a metal loading dock ramp, their foot became caught on the steel diamond dock plate which caused them to fall and fracture their left femur.

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