# Sprains and other injuries, n.e.c. at Ocean State Job Lot
> OSHA SIR `2018099069` · 9/1/2018 · ORANGE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ocean State Job Lot
- **Location:** 401 Boston Post Road, ORANGE, CONNECTICUT, 06477
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot step ladder pulling a box out from under three other boxes on a shelf when she lost her balance and fell approximately 5 feet, hitting the shelves and floor. She was hospitalized with a head contusion, right hand laceration, right ankle sprain, and neck and back strain.

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