# Fractures at DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2019088859` · 8/26/2019 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 2300 NORTH EDWARD, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 26, 2019, at approximately 5:40 a.m., an employee was walking down the hall when she lost her balance, tripped, and fell into the wall. She fractured her left hip and was hospitalized.

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