# Fractures at Sherwin-Williams Paint Store
> OSHA SIR `2022119699` · 11/4/2022 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Sherwin-Williams Paint Store
- **Location:** 1014 61st Street, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77551
- **NAICS:** 444120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to rearrange merchandise in a warehouse. As he was walking around the back of the forklift, the employee slipped on hydraulic fluid that leaked from the vehicle and fell to the floor, resulting in a femur fracture.

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