# Fractures at The Moore Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010754` · 1/24/2024 · WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** The Moore Company
- **Location:** 36 Beach Street, WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND, 02891
- **NAICS:** 313312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a storage area consolidating pallets of yarn when his shoelace got caught on the corner of a pallet. The employee lost his balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a right femur fracture in the hip area.

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