# Fractures at Amazon
> OSHA SIR `20201111053` · 11/22/2020 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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:** Amazon
- **Location:** 4401 Equity Dr., COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step ladder, storing product on a shelf. The employee fell off the second step of the ladder to the floor, suffering a broken right fibula.

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