# Fractures at PALMERTON HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2015075206` · 7/29/2015 · PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** PALMERTON HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 135 LAFAYETTE AVENUE, PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18071
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into the switchboard area and turned to leave the room. The employee tripped on a table leg near the door. The employee fell to the floor fracturing her hip. The employee was hospitalized.

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