# Fractures at Chewning & Wilmer, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010292` · 10/2/2019 · COTTON VALLEY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chewning & Wilmer, Inc.
- **Location:** XTO Energy, Inc., COTTON VALLEY, LOUISIANA, 71018
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a scaffold ladder when he slipped and fell to the ground 4 or 5 feet below. He suffered a broken femur.

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