# Fractures at St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
> OSHA SIR `2021032246` · 3/15/2021 · COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Sacral region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
- **Location:** 360 West Ruddle Street, COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18218
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near the edge of a loading dock, handing HEPA filters to another employee who was inside a dumpster. A 300-pound cart moved toward the employee. As he attempted to evade the cart, he lost balance and fell over the edge and into the dumpster, landing on the bottom about 4 or 5 feet below and suffering a broken sacrum.

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