# Fractures at K Mart Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017098970` · 9/19/2017 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** K Mart Corporation
- **Location:** 8245 N. Florida Ave., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33604
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the third step of a 12-foot A-frame ladder disconnecting power to pantry coolers when a bolt from one of the side hinges came out, causing the ladder to collapse. The employee fell to the floor, fracturing the left wrist.

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