# Fractures at Michaels Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099796` · 9/21/2018 · HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Michaels Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 2535 NE 10th COurt, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33033
- **NAICS:** 451120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 09/21/2018, an employee was on a step stool attempting to remove merchandise from a store shelf when she fell from the step stool and fractured her wrist, requiring hospitalization.

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