# Fractures at Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043355` · 4/1/2019 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 J.T. Wooten Dr., BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking down a flight of steps, an employee missed a step, causing him to fall and land face first on the concrete ground. He received several lacerations and fractures to his face.

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