# Fractures at Vertex Pharmaceutical Company, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015063378` · 6/3/2015 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cans
## Employer
- **Name:** Vertex Pharmaceutical Company, Incorporated
- **Location:** 50 Northern Avenue, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02110
- **NAICS:** 541711
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A worker was disposing of waste into a foot-operated receptacle when the employee fell while using her foot to operate the foot pedal and broke her leg.

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