# Fractures at Tennessee Valley Authority
> OSHA SIR `2015042270` · 4/22/2015 · SPRING CITY, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Tennessee Valley Authority
- **Location:** 1270 Highway 68, SPRING CITY, TENNESSEE, 37381
- **NAICS:** 221113
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working approximately 10 feet inside of a box truck, preparing materials for shipping. He was tightening a ratchet strap to secure gas cylinders. His hand slipped off of the strap and he stumbled approximately 10 feet backwards. He fell out of the back of the truck, approximately 4 feet to the concrete parking lot, and broke his left femur and hip. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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