# Fractures at Accesso Partners
> OSHA SIR `2024076222` · 7/10/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Accesso Partners
- **Location:** Richmond Office Building, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77042
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot ladder trying to cut a tree branch. The branch swung and struck the employee, who fell about 6 feet to the ground and suffered a broken hip.

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