# Fractures at Nichols Portland, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022076679` · 7/29/2022 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Nichols Portland, LLC
- **Location:** 2400 Congress Street, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04102
- **NAICS:** 332912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a hone machining center and was walking around to the rear of the machine to evaluate a coolant pressure gauge. The employee tripped over a steel angle iron that was on the floor and sustained a fractured hip requiring hospitalization.

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