# Fractures at Smithfield Fresh Meats Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010320` · 1/12/2020 · MILAN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Fresh Meats Inc.
- **Location:** 22123 Highway 5, MILAN, MISSOURI, 63556
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the cab of a tractor to hook up airlines from the trailer. As he put his right foot on the bottom step, his foot slipped and he fell backwards to the ground onto his left hip.  The fall resulted in a fracture to his left hip that required hospitalization.

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