# Fractures at Hartford Healthcare
> OSHA SIR `20191212558` · 12/5/2019 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Hartford Healthcare
- **Location:** 43 Murray Street, APT 98, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06710
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A nurse had just completed a home visit and was walking through a parking lot to her car. She slipped on a patch of ice and fell onto her right side, suffering a broken right tibia and fibula.

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