# Fractures at TJ Maxx
> OSHA SIR `20191112267` · 11/26/2019 · VESTAL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Chairs
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TJ Maxx
- **Location:** Town Square Mall, VESTAL, NEW YORK, 13850
- **NAICS:** 448140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While setting up decorations, an employee fell from a chair, landing on the ground and incurring a compression fracture to the back. The employee was hospitalized.

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