# Fractures at Thermo Fisher VVS
> OSHA SIR `2021032557` · 3/26/2021 · ALACHUA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over self
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermo Fisher VVS
- **Location:** 13859 Progress Blvd., ALACHUA, FLORIDA, 32615
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 26, 2021, an employee was walking across the lab and her left boot laces caught on the speed lace eyelets of her right boot causing her to fall on the floor and fracture her right ankle. She was hospitalized.

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