# Fractures at Ports America Louisiana LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099531` · 9/12/2019 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Ports America Louisiana LLC
- **Location:** Ports America Nashville Terminal, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70115
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up cargo to a crane hook for discharge from a vessel. The ship moved, causing the cargo (rubber in a metal basket) to strike the employee, who suffered a broken left hip and was hospitalized.

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