# Fractures at Pape Electroplating Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010531` · 1/18/2024 · NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Pape Electroplating Company, LLC
- **Location:** 410 John Downey Drive, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, 06051
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving racks and walking backward when she lost her balance and fell. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

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