# Fractures at TJX Companies
> OSHA SIR `2024043166` · 4/10/2024 · PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** TJX Companies
- **Location:** 1600 Woodbury Ave #8, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03801
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was halfway up a step ladder reaching for a box when she lost balance and fell backward striking her head on the ground. The employee suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized.

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