# Fractures at Kohls Department Store
> OSHA SIR `20171111194` · 11/24/2017 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohls Department Store
- **Location:** 2239 Forest Avenue, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10301
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed product from an upper shelf while standing on a step ladder. She was then coming down the step ladder with product in her hands when she missed the bottom two steps and fell to the floor, fracturing her left knee and hitting her head. She was hospitalized.

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