# Fractures at Target Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20241110786` · 11/19/2024 · PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Target Corporation
- **Location:** 18700 Limestone Commercial Drive, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
- **NAICS:** 452210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a track ladder to pull items off the shelves. As she was descending the ladder, she missed the second step from the bottom and fell backward onto the concrete floor, landing on her right hip. She was hospitalized with a hip fracture that required surgery.

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