# Fractures at Becton, Dickinson and Company
> OSHA SIR `20171010130` · 10/22/2017 · CANAAN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Becton, Dickinson and Company
- **Location:** Route 7 & Grace Way, CANAAN, CONNECTICUT, 06018
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a material handling system on an injection molding press and moving boxes of plastic components. She turned to move and her foot caught the leg of a table, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the floor. She broke her hip.

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