# Fractures at ROPPE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017010955` · 1/30/2017 · FOSTORIA, OHIO
## 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:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** ROPPE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1602 N. UNION STREET, FOSTORIA, OHIO, 44830
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing product from a shipping stack when her foot got tangled in the string that holds the stack together causing her to fall and fracture the right hip.

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