# Fractures at Direct Airflow Distrbutors, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020010325` · 1/13/2020 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Direct Airflow Distrbutors, Inc
- **Location:** 1115 Town Creek Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78741
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to exit a tractor trailer by climbing over a pallet when he fell approximately 4 to 5 feet out of the trailer and onto the ground, breaking his left hip.

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