# Fractures at Publix Super Markets , Inc. - Store #645
> OSHA SIR `2021098017` · 9/17/2021 · PLANTATION, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **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. - Store #645
- **Location:** 8101 W. Sunrise Boulevard, PLANTATION, FLORIDA, 33322
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A bakery associate was using a step ladder to pull items from the freezer when she fell and fractured her knee and/or leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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