# Fractures at Publix Supermarkets
> OSHA SIR `2015118465` · 11/10/2015 · DECATUR, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets
- **Location:** 2155 North Decatur Rd., DECATUR, GEORGIA, 30033
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/10/15, an employee tripped over a pallet strap and fell, breaking her left arm between her wrist and elbow. She was hospitalized.

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