# Fractures at Core & Main
> OSHA SIR `2024098254` · 9/5/2024 · STONEWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
## Employer
- **Name:** Core & Main
- **Location:** 8388 Water Street, STONEWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26301
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting a mixed bundle of PVC pipe on the ground when they tripped over a pipe and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured femur.

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