# Fractures at Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `20231110605` · 11/16/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Plastic wrap
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot
- **Location:** 7703 N. Sam Houston Pkwy West, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking in merchandise in a receiving dock area when they tripped over stretch wrap material and fell, resulting in rib fractures and a bruised knee that required hospitalization.

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