# Fractures at NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2018055295` · 5/31/2018 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 380 Butterfly Gardens Lane, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43205
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning around after getting supplies from a cabinet to attend to a patient in a dental chair when the employee's foot became caught in hoses/tubing/the cord under the dental chair. The employee fell, striking the floor and countertop. The employee suffered left kneecap fractures and a chin laceration.

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