# Fractures at Temple University Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2017088400` · 8/30/2017 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Medical machinery and equipment, except x-ray
## Employer
- **Name:** Temple University Hospital
- **Location:** 3401 North Board Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19140
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee turned around and tripped over a vital signs monitor that was behind her, fracturing her right leg.

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