# Fractures at John Clarke Retirement Center
> OSHA SIR `2021010359` · 1/13/2021 · MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** John Clarke Retirement Center
- **Location:** 600 Valley Road, MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02842
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for supplies in the supply room when she tripped over a box and fell, sustaining a fracture to her right leg that required hospitalization and surgery.

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