# Fractures at ACE HARDWARE CORP., WILTON RSC
> OSHA SIR `2021010856` · 1/31/2021 · GANSEVOORT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** ACE HARDWARE CORP., WILTON RSC
- **Location:** 55 NORTHERN PINES ROAD, GANSEVOORT, NEW YORK, 12831
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking around a pallet to get a pallet jack when they tripped on a corner of the pallet and fell to the floor, resulting in four fractured ribs.

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