# Fractures at Memorial Sloan Kettering
> OSHA SIR `2017065783` · 6/23/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Memorial Sloan Kettering
- **Location:** 1275 York Avenue - Box 440, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10065
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a loading cart into an autoclave when the cart's movable legs became unlocked, causing the legs to retract and the cart to fall and strike the employee. The employee suffered a broken tibia.

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