# Fractures at Stop and Shop
> OSHA SIR `20191011184` · 10/26/2019 · NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Stop and Shop
- **Location:** 44 Fenn Road, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06111
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing cases of product on the floor when he tripped over a wood pallet and fell on his left knee, fracturing it.

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