# Fractures at STAPLES
> OSHA SIR `2015107294` · 10/1/2015 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** STAPLES
- **Location:** 1400 North Cambridge Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64120
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading materials in a UPS trailer while standing on a step stool. The employee fell off the third rung of the step stool to the ground below, fracturing the left leg.

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