# Fractures at BJ's Wholesale Club
> OSHA SIR `20171212180` · 12/23/2017 · JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** BJ's Wholesale Club
- **Location:** 200 Stone Hill Road, JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND, 02919
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped and fell on black ice in the parking lot, fracturing his left ankle.

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