# Fractures at Circle K Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016042892` · 4/6/2016 · PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Circle K Corporation
- **Location:** 23292 Harbor View Drive, PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA, 33952
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a three-step stool to stock cigarettes in overhead bins. While coming down the steps , the employee missed the last step, lost balance, fell, and struck the countertop, breaking four ribs.

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