# Fractures at Home Goods
> OSHA SIR `2017087508` · 8/7/2017 · PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Goods
- **Location:** 423 Boston Post Rd., PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, 10573
- **NAICS:** 442299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a box of pillows when he tripped over a piece of tape that was hanging off the box. He fell to the floor, fracturing three ribs and spraining his left shoulder and neck.

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