# Fractures at UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2021098011` · 9/17/2021 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital
- **Location:** 202 South Park Street, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53715
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a patient get up from the CT table and move across the room. The employee's right foot got caught in the CT table straps; the employee fell forward into the wall and then down to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a right patellar fracture and a fractured left radius.

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