# Fractures at Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032447` · 3/17/2022 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery, LLC
- **Location:** 6501 N Jog Rd, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33412
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down from a front end loader when he slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken hip.

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