# Fractures at USA Truck Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021010263` · 1/11/2021 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Truck Inc
- **Location:** 3200 Industrial Park Road, VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling on the fifth wheel release of a tractor trailer when he slipped and fell backward. He landed on the parking lot pavement and suffered a fractured left hip.

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