# Fractures at Public Storage
> OSHA SIR `2025010704` · 1/22/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** Public Storage
- **Location:** 1611 South Dairy Ashford Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77077
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As part of her normal morning routine, an employee was checking for ice accumulation on the outside areas of the property after a severe storm. She slipped on ice that had formed on the pavement and fell on her right side, fracturing her hip. The employee required surgery.

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