# Fractures at United Supermarkets, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010422` · 1/16/2024 · WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** United Supermarkets, LLC
- **Location:** 4590 Kell Blvd, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, 76309
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 16, 2024, an employee was on the top step of a three-step ladder while retrieving a box of tomatoes from a kitchen shelf. The box handle tore, causing the employee to lose their balance and fall to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to their left shoulder, ribs and ankle.

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