# Fractures at Lutheran Home for the Aged, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043644` · 4/23/2017 · ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wheelchairs-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lutheran Home for the Aged, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 W. Oakton St., ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60004
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a resident and tripped over the wheelchair footrest. She fell and fractured her femur.

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