# Fractures at The Kroger Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018010352` · 1/11/2018 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Co.
- **Location:** 4750 W. Daily Bosewell, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76179
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a step stool to ensure products were stacked neatly on a shelf when the employee missed the last step on the step stool and fell to the ground, fracturing the right hip.

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