# Fractures at Wayne Sanderson Farms
> OSHA SIR `2024021114` · 2/5/2024 · PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(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:** Wayne Sanderson Farms
- **Location:** 977 Wayne Poultry Road, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA, 30567
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a delivered pallet of boxes. The employee stepped backward and tripped over a strap that was binding another pallet of boxes. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a hip fracture.

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