# Fractures at JOANN Fabric and Crafts
> OSHA SIR `2023032773` · 3/28/2023 · HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JOANN Fabric and Crafts
- **Location:** 2481 East State Street, HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16148
- **NAICS:** 451120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was arranging stock on shelving units while on an A-frame ladder. The employee was descending the ladder when she fell to the ground. She was hospitalized with a fractured right tibia.

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