# Fractures at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `2017098658` · 9/8/2017 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger
- **Location:** 18518 Kuykendahl Rd., SPRING, TEXAS, 77379
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking crates at a grocery store. She was stepping off a pallet when she slipped and fell to the floor, breaking her right femur and requiring overnight hospitalization.

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