# Fractures at ConMed Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018088620` · 8/21/2018 · LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** ConMed Corporation
- **Location:** 11311 Concept Blvd, LARGO, FLORIDA, 33773
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking up the ramp to a flammable chemical storage room to empty a container of waste alcohol into a drum when the employee tripped over a 1-inch lip and fell to the spill containment floor, fracturing the right hip.

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