# Fractures at Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087159` · 8/3/2016 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 223 E. Northwest Highway, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60067
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After stocking a shelf, an employee fell while descending a 4-foot step ladder, fracturing the left leg/knee.

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