# Fractures at Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097818` · 9/11/2021 · JUPITER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor coverings- nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 6330 West Indiantown Road, JUPITER, FLORIDA, 33458
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While on her lunch break, an employee was walking away from the deli. She tripped over a rug and fell to the floor sustaining a fracture to the right little finger.

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