# Fractures at Costco Wholesale Distribution Center #262
> OSHA SIR `2015063536` · 6/9/2015 · COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale Distribution Center #262
- **Location:** 4250 South Fulton Parkway, COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA, 30337
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fractured his right femur when he tripped on the platform lip while exiting an electrical pallet jack. At the time, he was trying to move away from a falling pallet overhead. He was hospitalized.

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