# Fractures at AutoZone INC
> OSHA SIR `2024109487` · 10/11/2024 · INVERNESS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** AutoZone INC
- **Location:** 915 W Main Street, INVERNESS, FLORIDA, 34450
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder outside a store. A gust of wind caught a plywood board the employee was working with, causing the employee to fall from the ladder to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs.

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