# Fractures at Heatherwood RI, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019055241` · 5/23/2019 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Heatherwood RI, LLC
- **Location:** 398 Belleview Ave, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a patient onto an elevator when the employee's foot was caught in the gap between the elevator and the building floor. The employee fell to the floor and fractured the right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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