# Fractures at U.S. Department of Interior
> OSHA SIR `2018099377` · 9/11/2018 · YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** U.S. Department of Interior
- **Location:** PO BOX 168, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING, 82190
- **NAICS:** 712190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was placing a steel plate onto the back of a flatbed truck when the employee slipped off the bed of the truck and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground, fracturing the left femur.

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