# Fractures at Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098694` · 9/20/2023 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 J. Terrell Wooten Drive, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had climbed up on the side of his semi-truck after loading. He slipped and fell to the pavement sustaining a broken right femur.

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