# Fractures at The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043234` · 4/12/2023 · SEMINOLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
- **Location:** 10550 Park Blvd, SEMINOLE, FLORIDA, 33772
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering an electric ladder. They stepped off the ladder platform and fell 3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

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