# Fractures at Whole Foods Market
> OSHA SIR `2022098624` · 9/30/2022 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Market
- **Location:** 501 Southeast 17th Street, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33316
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down from the last step of a two-step stool. She fell to the ground and suffered a broken left tibia.

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