# Fractures at TVI, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087034` · 8/2/2024 · SHAWNEE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **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:** TVI, Inc.
- **Location:** 13233 Shawnee Mission Parkway, SHAWNEE, KANSAS, 66216
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step stool reaching for a pair of socks to hang on a hanger when they fell from the step stool to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured knee.

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