# Fractures at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `2019010633` · 1/18/2019 · PARIS, ILLINOIS
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger
- **Location:** 518 E Jasper St Paris, IL61944, PARIS, ILLINOIS, 61944
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 18, 2019, at approximately 6:45 a.m. an employee climbed on a two-step ladder to gather containers from the top shelf. On the way down, the employee missed the first step and fell on the floor, requiring hospitalization and surgery for a fractured right hip.

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