# Fractures at Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076860` · 7/21/2020 · MONTROSE, COLORADO
## 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:** Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc.
- **Location:** 3451 S Rio Grande Blvd, MONTROSE, COLORADO, 81401
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking shelves of vitamins using a 3-tiered step stool. The employee missed the last step while descending the step stool and fell backwards to the floor. The employee sustained a broken left hip.

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