# Fractures at North Country Associates
> OSHA SIR `2020065541` · 6/15/2020 · FARMINGTON, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Beds, mattresses
## Employer
- **Name:** North Country Associates
- **Location:** 107 Orchard Street, FARMINGTON, MAINE, 04938
- **NAICS:** 622310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a resident when she got caught and tripped on the patient s bedding and fell to the floor, breaking her tibia and fibula. The employee required surgery.

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