# Fractures at HOME DEPOT
> OSHA SIR `20161211887` · 12/22/2016 · MARATHON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
## Employer
- **Name:** HOME DEPOT
- **Location:** 4555 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, MARATHON, FLORIDA, 33050
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing fasteners from an MDF board on a shelving display while standing on a four foot step ladder. A piece of MDF board struck the employee and the employee fell sustaining a broken pelvis and a right shoulder contusion.

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