# Fractures at Thomas Printworks
> OSHA SIR `2019077499` · 7/23/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomas Printworks
- **Location:** 10728 Burnet Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78758
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a delivery at a customer's job site. He went to step into the job site trailer when his left foot became stuck on the threshold, causing him to lose balance and hit both knees against the wall of the trailer. He then collapsed to the floor inside the trailer. He fractured both kneecaps.

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