# Fractures at Wegmans Food Market
> OSHA SIR `2023021200` · 2/7/2023 · MANALAPAN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wegmans Food Market
- **Location:** 55 US Route 9, MANALAPAN, NEW JERSEY, 07726
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a platform ladder with a case of product. She fell at the second step from the bottom and her left heel struck the floor about 20 inches below. She sustained a left heel fracture that required surgery.

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