# Fractures at Corning Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2018043285` · 4/6/2018 · PAINTED POST, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Curbs
## Employer
- **Name:** Corning Incorporated
- **Location:** 9622 Science Center Drive, PAINTED POST, NEW YORK, 14870
- **NAICS:** 541711
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a drill outside and changing his SCBA tank when he stepped against a curb and tripped. He fell and fractured his hip.

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