# Fractures at Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010240` · 1/10/2022 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 3045 New Tampa Hwy, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping into the cab of a semi-trailer when he lost balance and fell to the concrete. The employee sustained a head contusion and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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