# Fractures at Austin Underground Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033300` · 3/30/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Underground Inc.
- **Location:** 1127 Bastrop Hwy, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78742
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was strapping down plastic water barriers on a lowboy trailer. A gust of wind knocked a barrier into the employee, knocking him off the trailer. He fell about 2 feet to the ground and suffered a broken hip. He was hospitalized.

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