# Fractures at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191112337` · 11/30/2019 · KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
- **Location:** 1910 N John Young Parkway, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, 34741
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had operated a meat grinder with a foot pedal. Afterwards, the pedal was not put away in the assigned spot at the machine. The employee then started cleaning tasks and tripped over the foot pedal, falling to the floor and fracturing his left knee. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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