# Fractures and dislocations at SP Richards Co.
> OSHA SIR `20171211999` · 12/18/2017 · KENILWORTH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** SP Richards Co.
- **Location:** 326 N. 14th Street, KENILWORTH, NEW JERSEY, 07033
- **NAICS:** 423420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee backed a tractor and trailer up to a loading dock to make a delivery. He was pulling the lift gate away from the rear of the trailer using the attached strap when the strap broke, causing the employee to fall back and hit a wall before falling to the ground. He fractured his femur and dislocated his hip, requiring hospitalization.

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