# Fractures at Loyola University Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2020054861` · 5/26/2020 · MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Loyola University Medical Center
- **Location:** 2160 S. 1ST AVENUE, MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60153
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking out of a patient room when her shoe caught the floor, causing her to lose her balance and strike a chair's wooden arm. She suffered three broken ribs.

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