# Fractures at Publix
> OSHA SIR `2019077147` · 7/15/2019 · SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor coverings- nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix
- **Location:** 1451 Publix Supermarkets, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, 32958
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on the sales floor, tripped over a rug, and fell fracturing a femur.

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