# Fractures at Engineering Design Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088750` · 8/24/2018 · BARKSDALE AFB, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Engineering Design Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** Barksdale AFB Construction Site, BARKSDALE AFB, LOUISIANA, 71110
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the tongue of a tractor trailer attempting to loosen the safety strap on a load of pipes when he fell 2 feet off the trailer to the ground and broke his hip.

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