# Fractures at Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center - National Park Service
> OSHA SIR `2024098487` · 9/12/2024 · HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center - National Park Service
- **Location:** 40001 State Highway 9336, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33034
- **NAICS:** 712190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a wood bridge when they slipped and fell three feet to the ground. The employee suffered hip and femur fractures.

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