# Fractures at Wegman's Food Markets Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111180` · 11/29/2016 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Co-worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Wegman's Food Markets Inc.
- **Location:** 220 Highland Park Blvd., WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 29, 2016, an employee was entering a cooler when she tripped over a coworker's foot. She fell, striking her right elbow and knee on the floor. She was hospitalized with a fractured kneecap.

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