# Fractures at Giant of Maryland, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023053911` · 5/2/2023 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Giant of Maryland, LLC
- **Location:** 1345 Park Road Northwest, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20010
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling balloons with helium in the flower shop when a customer approached to ask a question. The employee then slipped on a plastic balloon weight and fell, sustaining a fractured right femur.

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