# Fractures at PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `20171110763` · 11/8/2017 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** 1400 FARRAGUT AVE, CODE 106, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking when he tripped over the tines of a parked forklift and broke his right femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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