# Fractures at Ritchies Food Distributor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20180910016` · 9/27/2018 · PIKETON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ritchies Food Distributor, Inc.
- **Location:** 527 S West St, PIKETON, OHIO, 45661
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping from a picker lift truck platform to a nearby platform when the employee fell 6 to 8 feet to the ground below, fracturing a leg and requiring hospitalization.

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