# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Merck
> OSHA SIR `20171110670` · 11/6/2017 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Merck
- **Location:** 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02115
- **NAICS:** 541711
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on the floor in a kitchenette and suffered a knee injury.

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