# Fractures at Publix Super Markets Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032609` · 3/28/2021 · THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Curbs
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets Inc.
- **Location:** 327 Colony Blvd., THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, 32162
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through a parking lot retrieving shopping carts. She tripped and fell while stepping down from a curb resulting in a fractured right hip.

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