# Fractures at Tower Health Reading Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2019088507` · 8/18/2019 · WEST READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Tower Health Reading Hospital
- **Location:** 6th and Spruce St., WEST READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19611
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while getting up from her chair. She landed on the floor and broke her leg.

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