# Fractures at Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054683` · 5/29/2024 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **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:** Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 2562 Shallowford Rd. NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30345
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 4-foot step ladder. They missed the second rung and fell to the ground sustaining a skull fracture.

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