# Fractures at Edward Jones
> OSHA SIR `20181111916` · 11/19/2018 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Handbags, pocketbooks, wallets, tote bags
## Employer
- **Name:** Edward Jones
- **Location:** 5000 Quorum Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75254
- **NAICS:** 523999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting at her work station when she got up and tripped over a purse strap that was on the floor. She was hospitalized with a broken right femur.

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