# Fractures at Great Northern Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020099246` · 9/29/2020 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Northern Corporation
- **Location:** 2521 Olson Drive, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping in and out of a cardboard gaylord container through a cutout, retrieving small merchandise items from the container. While stepping out of the container, the employee tripped on the bottom of the cutout and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized.

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