# Fractures at Dollar Tree Stores Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043632` · 4/25/2024 · CATOOSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar Tree Stores Inc
- **Location:** 19665 Haynes Rd, CATOOSA, OKLAHOMA, 74015
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking the freezers at the rear of the store. They were moving items from one cart to another to consolidate items when one of the boxes wobbled. The employee moved to steady the box and fell backward striking her left hip against the lower part of the freezer. The employee sustained a broken hip.

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