# Fractures at Gap Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110654` · 11/12/2016 · VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Gap Inc.
- **Location:** Banana Republic, VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS, 60061
- **NAICS:** 448140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a two-step step stool to reach a high shelf when she fell and struck her knee on the stool. She broke her left knee and was hospitalized for surgery.

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