# Fractures at Auto Plus
> OSHA SIR `2021098259` · 9/24/2021 · MARIETTA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Auto Plus
- **Location:** 121 Tennis Center Dr, MARIETTA, OHIO, 45750
- **NAICS:** 423120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the back of a truck shoving pallets of plastics into the truck. As he was turning the skid, he missed a step and fell off the back of the truck to the ground about 4 feet below. He landed on his right hip, suffering a fracture to the hip that required surgery.

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