# Fractures and dislocations at Publix Supermarket
> OSHA SIR `20231110320` · 11/8/2023 · SURFSIDE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Escalators
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarket
- **Location:** 9400 Harding Avenue, SURFSIDE, FLORIDA, 33154
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking up an escalator that was out of service when they tripped on a step, fell, and suffered a closed fracture to the right femur as well as a dislocated right patella.

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