# Fractures at Miller Keystone Blood Center
> OSHA SIR `2017021792` · 2/24/2017 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor coverings- nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Keystone Blood Center
- **Location:** 2925 William Penn Hwy., EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18045
- **NAICS:** 621991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking backwards while pulling a cart full of coolers into the facility, tripped over a mat, and fell breaking four ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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