# Fractures at Sears Home Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054263` · 5/10/2017 · EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Sears Home Services LLC
- **Location:** 50 Williams Pkwy, EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY, 07936
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had removed a loading dock plate when he fell into the gap between the truck and loading dock, fracturing his left femur.

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