# Fractures at WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `20171010414` · 10/10/2017 · WELLINGTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 10101 FOREST HILL BLVD., WELLINGTON, FLORIDA, 33414
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 10/10/2017, at 5:30 AM, an employee was running to apprehend a patient when he fell and fractured his right knee, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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