# Fractures at Berkshire Center
> OSHA SIR `2021032537` · 3/25/2021 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Berkshire Center
- **Location:** 5501 Perkiomen Avenue, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19606
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee prepared medicines at a med cart. The employee went to turn and her foot got stuck in the cart. The employee fell backward onto the floor, fracturing her right hip.

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