# Fractures at National Interagency Coordination Center
> OSHA SIR `2021097757` · 9/9/2021 · TILLER, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** National Interagency Coordination Center
- **Location:** Devil's Knob Complex Helipad (H-122), TILLER, OREGON, 97484
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was installing a portable weather station for use against a wildfire. The employee slipped on a moss-covered rock and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right femur at the ball joint.

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