# Fractures at Gestamp
> OSHA SIR `2024021442` · 2/15/2024 · SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Gestamp
- **Location:** 3100 MacCorkle Avenue Southwest, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25303
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped over a pallet while walking between two assembly cells, hit a pole, and fell to the ground, breaking their left hip. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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