# Fractures at Brookshires Grocery Company, store #33
> OSHA SIR `20231211538` · 12/20/2023 · GRAND SALINE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Brookshires Grocery Company, store #33
- **Location:** 205 West Frank Street, GRAND SALINE, TEXAS, 75140
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a step ladder to stock a grocery shelf. While stepping down from the ladder, he missed the bottom step and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur and required surgery.

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