# Fractures at Weis Markets
> OSHA SIR `2023031979` · 3/3/2023 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(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:** Weis Markets
- **Location:** 1700 Fruitville Pike, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step stool reaching to retrieve hamburger meat from the top shelf inside the cooler. The employee lost balance on the third step and fell to the floor of the cooler, resulting in a right hip fracture.

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