# Fractures at Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2018021604` · 2/15/2018 · SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 2100 East Overland Drive, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, 69361
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training another employee to take a water meter reading in the UV building. The employee stepped backwards to allow the trainee to get closer to visually read the meter and tripped over a 1" air line that had a 3/8" air hose attached. The employee fell to ground fracturing the right hip.

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