# Fractures at Global Connections To Employment
> OSHA SIR `20231110247` · 11/6/2023 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Connections To Employment
- **Location:** 292 Capodanno Drive, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02841
- **NAICS:** 624310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into a kitchen area when they tripped over a trash barrel cart and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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