# Fractures at Solventum
> OSHA SIR `20241110624` · 11/14/2024 · BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Cardboard
## Employer
- **Name:** Solventum
- **Location:** 601 22nd Avenue South, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57006
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking from their workstation to the cafeteria. When the employee opened and exited a pedestrian door between tape production and a material drop area, their left pant leg caught on a piece of folded cardboard that was hanging over the side of a pallet. The employee fell to the ground and fractured their right hip.

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