# Fractures at Mercy Health
> OSHA SIR `20191112052` · 11/20/2019 · LORAIN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Mercy Health
- **Location:** 3700 Kolbe Road, LORAIN, OHIO, 44053
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying empty trash bags when the bags fell out of her hand and she tripped on the bags and fell to the ground, striking her left elbow and fracturing it.

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