# Fractures at Best Buy
> OSHA SIR `2017043338` · 4/13/2017 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Best Buy
- **Location:** 1801 Hempstead Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 443111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 13, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. an employee missed the last rung of the A-frame ladder that he was descending and fell on his right kneecap, shattering it. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to stabilize his knee.

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