# Fractures at Cook Children's Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2016064840` · 6/1/2016 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cook Children's Medical Center
- **Location:** 801 7th Ave., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76104
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting lettuce when he slipped and fell on the wet floor. He landed on his right wrist, fracturing his distal right radius and requiring surgery.

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