# Fractures at Alcon Research, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2020065652` · 6/17/2020 · SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcon Research, LTD.
- **Location:** 714 Columbia Avenue, SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19608
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at their workstation. The employee changed direction and tripped over a pallet falling to the floor and fracturing the left knee.

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