# Fractures at Taylor Farms Texas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076508` · 7/20/2023 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Taylor Farms Texas, Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 N. Cockrell Hill Road, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75211
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling orders for customers and loading a walkie. About 150 boxes, weighing around 5.6 pounds each, that were stacked on pallets on the top level of a rack, fell 20 feet onto the employee. The employee sustained a broken right hip and required surgery.

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