# Fractures at REAGENT CHEMICAL AND RESEARCH
> OSHA SIR `2015010867` · 1/27/2015 · WEBB CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** REAGENT CHEMICAL AND RESEARCH
- **Location:** 422 E FOUNTAIN ROAD, WEBB CITY, MISSOURI, 64870
- **NAICS:** 327112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Worker had just picked up a load of chemicals for the supplier and he was removing the wheel chocks from the trucks wheels. He had removed the first set of wheel chocks and moved to the second set. As he pulled them free from the wheels, he tripped over the first set he had pulled. He fell to the ground and landed on the second set of chocks. He broke his hip and possibly injured his back.

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