# Fractures at ROUSES SUPERMARKET
> OSHA SIR `2017099119` · 9/22/2017 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ROUSES SUPERMARKET
- **Location:** store #4, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading items in a warehouse loft area when he lost his balance and fell approximately 15 feet to the warehouse floor. He suffered multiple fractures to his left leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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