# Fractures at Michaels
> OSHA SIR `20191213212` · 12/27/2019 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Michaels
- **Location:** 4450 North Dowlen Rd, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77706
- **NAICS:** 451120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step stool, cutting plastic off of boxes. She slipped off the stool and broke her kneecap on the floor. She was hospitalized.

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