# Fractures at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053682` · 5/4/2021 · OVIEDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **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:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** 2871 Clayton Crossing Way, OVIEDO, FLORIDA, 32765
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 2-foot step ladder, retrieving a box from a freezer shelf. The employee fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering a broken shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

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