# Fractures at Caterpillar, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054456` · 5/12/2025 · CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar, Inc.
- **Location:** 501 Cardinal Drive, CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, 38834
- **NAICS:** 331529
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just put a dock plate in place. While stepping back over the plate, the employee tripped and fell onto it. The employee suffered a broken hip.

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