# Fractures at LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2020065085` · 6/1/2020 · OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Curbs
- **Secondary source:** Wheelchairs and other mobility devices, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 10500 Quivira Road, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, 66215
- **NAICS:** 621340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wheelchair outside when the wheelchair rolled over a curb and toppled, throwing her to the pavement in the parking lot. She suffered a broken hip and femur.

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