# Fractures at SILGAN CONTAINERS
> OSHA SIR `2017099224` · 9/26/2017 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cans
## Employer
- **Name:** SILGAN CONTAINERS
- **Location:** 2115 SW Lower Lake Road, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking in the sorting/palletizing area, an employee slipped on a crushed aluminum can, fell to the concrete floor, and fractured the hip.

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