# Fractures at Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010190` · 1/9/2016 · ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, boots, slippers, sandals
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 3750 Roscommon Dr., ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, 32174
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting food prep work in the deli when a loop from her right shoelace got caught on the wheel of the deli slicer table. She tripped and fell on her right wrist and right knee, resulting in a right wrist strain, fractured knee, and possible head injury. She was hospitalized.

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