# Fractures at Bush Hog, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018011033` · 1/31/2018 · SELMA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Machine platforms
## Employer
- **Name:** Bush Hog, Inc.
- **Location:** 2501 Griffin AVE, SELMA, ALABAMA, 36701
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shot blaster to clean parts. He mounted a platform on the shot blaster to remove a part from the machine. He then stepped back off the platform, lost his balance, and fell less than 48 inches to the floor, breaking his right hip.

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