# Fractures at DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2025054445` · 5/11/2025 · SEADRIFT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 7501 HWY 185 NORTH, SEADRIFT, TEXAS, 77983
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving the building when a snake startled him and he began walking backward. The employee tripped over a rain gutter and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized.

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