# Fractures at HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball
> OSHA SIR `2020054373` · 5/11/2020 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball
- **Location:** 605 Holderrieth Blvd., TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77375
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to restrain a combative patient in an emergency room. The patient attacked and fell backwards onto the employee's left leg, causing a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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