# Fractures at Food Lion
> OSHA SIR `2016032064` · 3/8/2016 · AMERICUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Food Lion
- **Location:** 107 Prince St., AMERICUS, GEORGIA, 31709
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying multiple containers of baby formula with both hands. She was going behind the service desk when she tripped over a box that was on the floor behind the desk. She fell and fractured her left knee, requiring hospitalization.

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