# Fractures at Shoprite Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054637` · 5/13/2018 · KINGSTON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor coverings- nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** Shoprite Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 801 Myron Street, KINGSTON, NEW YORK, 12401
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cash register at a grocery store checkout lane when she chased after a non-paying customer and slipped and fell on an entranceway rug. She broke her hip and was hospitalized.

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