# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at HCA Palms West Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2021086704` · 8/9/2021 · LOXAHATCHEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** HCA Palms West Hospital
- **Location:** 13001 Southern Boulevard, LOXAHATCHEE, FLORIDA, 33470
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was weighing linen carts on a scale on a loading dock. She lost her footing while walking backward and fell to the concrete floor, landing on both hands and suffering fractures to both wrists and a lower spine injury. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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