# Fractures at TJX Companies
> OSHA SIR `20221110059` · 11/15/2022 · AUGUSTA, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TJX Companies
- **Location:** 80 Stephen King Drive, AUGUSTA, MAINE, 04330
- **NAICS:** 448150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a step ladder to put merchandise onto a shelf when she lost her balance and fell off the ladder, landing on the floor. The employee sustained a fracture to the left hip and was hospitalized.

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