# Fractures at Weis Markets 176
> OSHA SIR `2021065082` · 6/22/2021 · MIFFLINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **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:** Weis Markets 176
- **Location:** 4521 William Penn Highway, MIFFLINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17059
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while stepping off a stool, landing on the ground and suffering a broken T12 vertebra.

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