# Fractures at Douthit Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025088484` · 8/25/2025 · ALTO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Douthit Inc
- **Location:** 16781 Hwy 69 S., ALTO, TEXAS, 75925
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a load using a heavy-duty ratchet strap tool. The tool slipped off the ratchet, causing the employee to lose balance and fall backward onto the ground, landing on his right hip. He was hospitalized with a femur fracture.

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