# Fractures at Sydenstricker Genetics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211749` · 12/18/2016 · MEXICO, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Sydenstricker Genetics, Inc.
- **Location:** 4725 South Clark, MEXICO, MISSOURI, 65265
- **NAICS:** 112111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing bales of hay over a fence when he slipped and fell on the frozen ground, breaking his hip and requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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