# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076571` · 7/22/2023 · LAKE RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 597 Portion Road, LAKE RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK, 11779
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the cash register ringing up customers. She walked away and as she turned back around, the employee tripped over a hand basket and fell, resulting in a knee injury.

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