# Fractures at Beard Equipment Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088629` · 8/28/2025 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Lawn mower  riding
## Employer
- **Name:** Beard Equipment Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2480 East Interstate 65 Service Road North, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36617
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking between service bays. He came into contact with a trailer hitch, which was sticking out of the back of a lawn mower, and fell to the concrete floor. He landed on his right side and suffered a broken hip.

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