# Fractures at Jamaica Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2016053779` · 5/4/2016 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Strangulation by other person
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Jamaica Hospital
- **Location:** 8900 Van Wyck Expressway, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11418
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was choked by a patient while leaving a patient's room resulting in fractures to the throat.

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