# Fractures at Knouse Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065776` · 6/29/2023 · PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Knouse Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Peach Glen-Idaville Rd., PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17375
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a step ladder and missed the last two steps, causing them to fall to the ground and sustain a left hip fracture.

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