# Fractures at Office Depot
> OSHA SIR `2020021590` · 2/18/2020 · BUFORD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(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:** Office Depot
- **Location:** 2500 Mill Center Parkway, BUFORD, GEORGIA, 30518
- **NAICS:** 453210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking product was using a three-step ladder. As he was descending, he missed the last step and fell. The employee sustained a fracture to his left femur and hip.

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