# Fractures at Virginia Transformer Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2019077002` · 7/11/2019 · POCATELLO, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Virginia Transformer Corp.
- **Location:** 3770 Pole Line Road, POCATELLO, IDAHO, 83201
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder. While transitioning from the ladder to the top of a transformer unit he slipped and fell off the ladder. The employee landed on their left hip and the back of the head resulting in a left hip fracture requiring surgery, and a laceration to the back of the head requiring staples and stitches.

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