# Fractures at Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019021887` · 2/20/2019 · LAVONIA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co.
- **Location:** 11182 Georgia 17, LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a gas tank on a conveyor belt to be taken to another station. The employee tripped on a metal cable (connecting a go/no-go gauge to the conveyor belt) and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right hip.

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