# Fractures and dislocations at R. W. Sauder Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098978` · 9/19/2017 · EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** R. W. Sauder Inc.
- **Location:** 790 Schoeneck Road, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17522
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying egg cartons to stack on pallets when he tripped over a pallet on the floor, landing on his right side. He dislocated his right hip and fractured his femur, requiring hospitalization.

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