# Damage to replaced joints at Stop & Shop
> OSHA SIR `2023010478` · 1/16/2023 · WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Damage to replaced joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Stop & Shop
- **Location:** 171 Watertown Street, WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02472
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 16, 2023, at approximately 10:33 AM, an employee was walking through the swinging door separating the seafood and meat departments and tripped on a folded step stool leaning against the wall and fell. The fall resulted in injury to the employee's hip that required surgery.

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