# Fractures at Giant Eagle
> OSHA SIR `2019054726` · 5/9/2019 · GLENSHAW, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Giant Eagle
- **Location:** 1671 Butler Plank Road, GLENSHAW, PENNSYLVANIA, 15116
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioned on the second step of a three-step stepstool conducting inventory. While descending the stepstool, the employee missed a step and fell approximately 15 inches onto the floor and fractured the left hip.

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