# Fractures at Kings Supermarket
> OSHA SIR `2019055194` · 5/22/2019 · HILLSDALE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Plastic wrap
## Employer
- **Name:** Kings Supermarket
- **Location:** 381 Washington Ave, HILLSDALE, NEW JERSEY, 07642
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped onto a wooden pallet, then onto a box to reach a box of vinyl gloves that were on a storage rack. She was approximately 12 
inches off the floor when she stepped down, tripped on plastic wrap, and fell to the floor, landing 
on her left side. She broke her left hip and required surgery.

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