# Fractures at Bath and Body Works
> OSHA SIR `20161211491` · 12/9/2016 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Bath and Body Works
- **Location:** 3347 Quincy Mall, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62301
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 6-foot step ladder to retrieve a box from an upper shelf when he lost his balance and fell to the floor, breaking his left ankle and requiring surgery.

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