# Fractures at Dollar Tree Store #4659
> OSHA SIR `2024054575` · 5/24/2024 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **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:** Dollar Tree Store #4659
- **Location:** 2211 West 12th Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16505
- **NAICS:** 452319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going down a ramp with a cart loaded with trash. A bag of trash fell off the cart. The employee attempted to catch the trash bag and fell approximately 18 inches off the dock to the ground. The employee sustained a broken wrist and a fractured hip along with a bump on the right eye.

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