# Fractures at Loyola University Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2019088763` · 8/23/2019 · MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway-paved
- **Secondary source:** Road signs
## Employer
- **Name:** Loyola University Medical Center
- **Location:** 2160 S. 1st Avenue, MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60153
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was crossing a street on campus when the employee tripped over the base of a pedestrian crossing sign and broke a leg on the ground.

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