# Fractures at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2022109484` · 10/29/2022 · PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 100 Jensen Road, PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA, 36067
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when their foot got stuck in the rail and they fell approximately 7 to 10 inches to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

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