# Fractures at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2021108774` · 10/12/2021 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
- **Location:** 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Dr, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 621112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling the chair she was sitting in toward a counter. The wheel of the chair locked up, and she fell from the chair to the floor. She suffered a broken left femur.

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