# Fractures at Hughes Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010499` · 1/17/2017 · SEWARD, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hughes Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 210 N. 13th St, SEWARD, NEBRASKA, 68434
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on portable stairs lubricating a hoist when he inadvertently activated the lift, tipping over the portable stairs. He fell to the floor resulting in a hairline fracture to his hip.

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