# Fractures at Big Lots Stores Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015085673` · 8/11/2015 · MENTOR, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lots Stores Inc
- **Location:** 8489 Market St, MENTOR, OHIO, 44060
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 4 feet while descending a 6 foot portable ladder stand. The employee got a leg caught during the fall and fractured it, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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