# Fractures at Verasna Group Inc
> OSHA SIR `20241211206` · 12/4/2024 · SARASOTA, 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  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Verasna Group Inc
- **Location:** 3025 Whitfield Ave, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34243
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting repairs on an excavator engine compartment while standing on top of it. The employee stepped on the removed engine door cover and slipped and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground, fracturing their left hip and femur.

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