# Fractures at Amazon Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2024021330` · 2/12/2024 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Amazon Distribution Center
- **Location:** 12101 Emerald Pass Ave., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79928
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the outbound shipping dock area and climbed on a step stool to close a trailer door. He lost his balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a right leg fracture.

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