# Sprains at Aidance Scientific
> OSHA SIR `2021053788` · 5/7/2021 · WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Aidance Scientific
- **Location:** 184 Burnside Avenue, WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, 02895
- **NAICS:** 424210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a box on a shelf in the production room when they tripped over another box on the floor, resulting in sprains to their right shoulder, elbow, and thumb.

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