# Fractures at St. Elizabeth's Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2019044165` · 4/24/2019 · BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Elizabeth's Hospital
- **Location:** 736 Cambridge Street, BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02135
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to prevent a patient from leaving the hospital. The employee's head struck a door and the ground, and a bone in his neck was broken.

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