# Fractures at Howard Industries
> OSHA SIR `2016042745` · 4/1/2016 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries
- **Location:** 3225 Pendorff Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39441
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee welding material on a welding table hung his lead line in a hole in the table. When he turned to walk away, he tripped over the lead line and fell to the floor, breaking his hip. He was hospitalized.

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