# Fractures at B&W Quality Growers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191212942` · 12/17/2019 · FELLSMERE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** B&W Quality Growers, LLC
- **Location:** 7798 County Road 512, FELLSMERE, FLORIDA, 32948
- **NAICS:** 111998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking boxes of vegetables on a wooden pallet when his foot was caught between the wooden slats of the pallet. He lost his balance and fell to the ground and onto his right hip, resulting in a fracture that required surgery.

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