# Fractures at Gap Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088723` · 8/22/2019 · CEDAR HILL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trash compactors
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gap Inc.
- **Location:** 305 West FM 1382, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, 75104
- **NAICS:** 424330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a compactor platform throwing cardboard into the trash compactor when she fell 1 foot off the ledge of the platform to the ground, breaking her tibia.

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