# Fractures at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2020065674` · 6/18/2020 · WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beds, mattresses
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
- **Location:** 701 East Marshall Street, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19380
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and other employees were transporting a 400-pound gastric bypass patient on a machine-powered bed. The bed accelerated, pinning the employee's leg between the bed and the wall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken lower right leg.

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