# Fractures at El Paso V Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2020098693` · 9/13/2020 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** El Paso V Enterprises
- **Location:** 11608 Scott Simpson Drive, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79936
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a housekeeping cart down a ramp to the trash can. The ramp was approximately 6 inches from the sidewalk to the ground level. The cart went off the ramp and the employee tripped over the cart and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.

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