# Fractures at Exel Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032350` · 3/15/2024 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Exel Inc
- **Location:** 3577 Yankee Road, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee exited their forklift to adjust shifting stacked product. They stepped backward to avoid the falling product when they tripped and fell on their right side, fracturing their right hip requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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