# Fractures at Atwoods
> OSHA SIR `20241110526` · 11/11/2024 · KILGORE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Garbage, recyclables, debris  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Atwoods
- **Location:** 1811 U.S. 259 Business, KILGORE, TEXAS, 75662
- **NAICS:** 442299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed a bale of hay in the back of vehicle and the vehicle departed the area. The employee started sweeping hay that had fallen onto the dock platform when they fell on the wet hay. The employee then fell 3-4 feet off the dock platform, resulting in a broken left hip.

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