# Fractures at Superior Systems and Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2023087473` · 8/15/2023 · MERKEL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Systems and Technologies
- **Location:** 274 County Road 287, MERKEL, TEXAS, 79536
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a push mower to mow a lawn near a fence on company property. He let go of the mower handle, turned around to his right, and stepped backward, tripping over a steel I-beam that was laying on the ground. He fell to the ground, landing on his right hip. The employee sustained a fractured right hip that required surgery.

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