# Fractures at Easter Seals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021575` · 2/19/2016 · NORWICH, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Easter Seals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut, Inc.
- **Location:** 24 Stott Avenue, NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, 06360
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While exiting a van, an employee stepped and slipped on a patch of ice in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

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