# Fractures at Shop Vac Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191112065` · 11/20/2019 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shop Vac Corporation
- **Location:** 3300 Wahoo Drive, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 335210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking columns of boxes. The boxes became unstable and began to fall. The employee attempted to get out of the way and tripped and fell to the floor, breaking their right hip.

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