# Fractures at Stop & Shop
> OSHA SIR `2018021887` · 2/24/2018 · WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stop & Shop
- **Location:** 171 Watertown Street, WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02472
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the meat room when he picked up a meat poly board to carry to the sink. The board was too heavy, and he lost his balance and fell to the floor, fracturing his hip. He was hospitalized.

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