# Fractures at Jersey City Medical Center RWJ Barnabas Health
> OSHA SIR `20211211038` · 12/24/2021 · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Counters, counter tops
## Employer
- **Name:** Jersey City Medical Center RWJ Barnabas Health
- **Location:** 355 Grand Street, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, 07302
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was proceeding to assist with an agitated patient. While maneuvering over a counter, his shoe caught on the counter and he fell, landing on his right elbow and left wrist and breaking both.

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