# Fractures at Bayer Crop Science, LP
> OSHA SIR `2017065740` · 6/22/2017 · WHITE HEATH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Spraying and dusting machinery-agricultural
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Bayer Crop Science, LP
- **Location:** 21 County Rd 1200 N, WHITE HEATH, ILLINOIS, 61884
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a tank on a utility vehicle with a 2-inch hose in preparation to spray a field when the hose separated from the fitting, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He fractured his hip.

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