# Fractures at Prospect Waterbury Health
> OSHA SIR `20171212181` · 12/23/2017 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Prospect Waterbury Health
- **Location:** 64 Robbins St., WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06708
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 23, 2017, an employee parked between two vehicles and opened her vehicle door. When she put her left foot on the ground, it slid on ice and went under the vehicle parallel to hers. She then fell and fractured her left tibia and left fibula, requiring hospitalization.

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