# Fractures at The Kroger Company
> OSHA SIR `2020098972` · 9/22/2020 · THE WOODLANDS, 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:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Company
- **Location:** 4747 Research Forest Dr., THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, 77381
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a one-step ladder stocking shelves. Her foot slipped as she stepped backwards off the step ladder and she fell onto her right knee. Her tibia was fractured.

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