# Fractures at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `2024043097` · 4/9/2024 · NEWARK, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, inclines
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger
- **Location:** 1701 TAMARACK ROAD, NEWARK, OHIO, 43093
- **NAICS:** 424430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee drove a UTV up a steel ramp to close a temporary plastic dock door. He stepped out of the UTV, then slipped off the ramp and fell to the ground about 33 inches below, sustaining a fractured lower left leg.

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