# Fractures at TOPS Friendly Markets
> OSHA SIR `20241110913` · 11/23/2024 · TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** TOPS Friendly Markets
- **Location:** 136 Ennis Lane, TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18848
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking shelves in the frozen food section of a grocery store. The employee was struck by a customer's shopping cart and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

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