# Fractures at Pedernales Electric Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2025065292` · 6/4/2025 · KYLE, 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:** Ground
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth, mud
## Employer
- **Name:** Pedernales Electric Cooperative
- **Location:** 5356 Misti Lane, KYLE, TEXAS, 78640
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 4, 2025, an employee was digging holes for the installation of power poles and pole anchors. The employee tripped over a rock/mud clod and fell to the ground onto the left side of their hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured proximal femur that required surgery.

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