# Fractures at Publix Supermarkets Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010820` · 1/26/2025 · PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Fixed ladder or fire escape
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets Inc.
- **Location:** 16024 Pines Boulevard, PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, 33027
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 10-foot fixed ladder while carrying a small box in one hand. The employee fell from the seventh step to the floor of the back room and sustained a right ankle fracture.

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