# Fractures at Orthodontic Specialist of Dallas
> OSHA SIR `2019088876` · 8/27/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Orthodontic Specialist of Dallas
- **Location:** 7859 Walnut Hill, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75230
- **NAICS:** 621210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting at a computer workstation when she stood up to walk and her foot became tangled in the hoses and cords to the chairside handpieces. When she went to step to her right, her foot was snagged on the hoses and she fell forward, breaking her arm.

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