# Fractures at Estes Express Lines
> OSHA SIR `20201111217` · 11/30/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Estes Express Lines
- **Location:** 7345 Roundhouse Lane, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a loading dock. The employee stepped up on the dock step to plug in a blower when he lost his balance and fell, breaking his right hip.

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