# Fractures at Pocono Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2016065767` · 6/28/2016 · EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Pocono Medical Center
- **Location:** 206 E Brown St, EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 18301
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 28, 2016, at approximately 1:00 AM, an employee went to sit on a high rolling chair when the chair moved and she fell to the floor, landing on her left hip. She suffered a compression fracture to the back and was hospitalized.

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