# Fractures at STOP & SHOP
> OSHA SIR `2017098676` · 9/10/2017 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** STOP & SHOP
- **Location:** 1720 Eastchester Rd, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10461
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a freezer relocating a case weighing approximately 15 pounds from the wall onto a transport cart when he slipped on a small patch of ice and fell, fracturing his left ankle.

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