# Fractures at The Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2022010705` · 1/24/2022 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** The Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 18317 Highway 144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to a storeroom. The employee slipped on a metal plate (which was lying on the floor to protect a height transition in the concrete floor), fell, and landed on his left hip where a two-way radio was attached. He suffered a broken femur.

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