# Fractures at Help at Home
> OSHA SIR `2019022179` · 2/27/2019 · HOPEDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Hills
## Employer
- **Name:** Help at Home
- **Location:** 7653 Sparrow Rd, HOPEDALE, ILLINOIS, 61747
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:01 a.m., on February 27, 2019, an employee was walking from a client's house up a hill to a parking lot. The employee slipped and fell down the hill, suffering a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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